Trends and prospects for rural manufacturing

Manufactures ; Rural development

State-local business taxation and the benefits principle

This article advances the proposition that general business taxation should be structured to recover the costs of public services rendered to the business community. Estimates of one possible form of such a tax structure are offered for states of the Seventh District and for other U.S. regions.Corporations - Taxation ; Local finance ; Taxation

Are the large central cities of the Midwest reviving?

Most central cities of the Midwest experienced revival in the 1990s in comparison with the previous two decades, according to such broad measures as population, employment, unemployment, and income. This article evaluates gains in light of the overall turnaround of the Midwest economy and finds that underlying urban/suburban differences in performance have not changed radically in most metropolitan areas.Middle West ; Economic conditions - Middle West

Preview of the Great Lakes economy looking north and south

Federal Reserve District, 7th ; Great Lakes

School choice and competition

Education

Is midwest manufacturing at a crossroads?

Manufactures ; Trade

Higher energy prices in the Midwest

Middle West ; Gasoline ; Power resources - Prices

Work force issues

Labor supply ; Middle West

Technology and manufacturing in the seventh district

Technology ; Federal Reserve District, 7th ; Manufactures - North Central states

Slow work force growth: a challenge for the Midwest?

If today's tight labor market in the Midwest can be sustained, as now seems likely, the region's policymakers and businesses will face problems associated with labor-constrained growth rather than the underemployment of the recent past. An era of tight labor markets can be expected to add impetus to public policies that improve labor market efficiency, along with those that address perceived labor market imperfections.Labor market ; Labor supply ; Middle West ; Employment (Economic theory)