Indiana is the most manufacturing-intensive state in the United States in terms of jobs per capita. However, like most U.S. states, it has not been immune from loss of manufacturing jobs. Many people attribute the loss of jobs to either offshoring or automation, but which is it? To help answer this question, you may want to read a recent
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For the state of Michigan, 2016 was the seventh consecutive year of job growth – after a decade of jobs decline. Michigan’s total employment was 4.59 million at the end of September 2016. Even so, total employment in the state has still not quite returned to its peak of 4.9 million in the spring of 2000. At the annual Economic
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Full-year trade data have been posted – no increase in manufacturing imports, but exports down, and the 2015 trade deficit in manufactures was the highest ever.
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Michigan is expected to continue its jobs recovery for at least another two years, making six years in a row of job growth after a decade of jobs decline, said experts at the 61st Annual Conference on the Economic Outlook held on the U-M campus last week. “Michigan is closing out 2013 with a healthy year of job growth, the
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One of the bright-spots in the Midwest today is NW Indiana, and it’s not just reflections off Lake Michigan. The shoreline between Chicago and Michigan’s border is home to large oil refineries and steel mills, and both are humming with activity related to large construction projects. The projects themselves and the companies contracted to service them are providing a boost
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