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  The Long and Short of Indiana's Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Both economies are set equal to 100 in the first quarter of 1969 and then the chart follows them through 143 quarters to the third quarter of 2004.
When Indiana is ahead of the nation, the average growth differential is 2 percent, and when Indiana lags the nation, the average is -2.3 percent.
This suggests that Indiana’s economy is not changing, but is replicating its previous structure.
www.incontext.indiana.edu /2005/jan-feb/spotlight.html   (930 words)

  
  World Almanac for Kids
INDIANA, one of the East North Central states of the U.S., bordered on the N by Illinois and Michigan, on the E by Ohio, on the S by Kentucky, and on the W by Illinois.
Indiana is known for the quality of its high school and college basketball competition and is the home of a professional basketball team, the Indiana Pacers, as well as a professional football team, the Indianapolis Colts.
Indiana is an important producer of masonry cement and is the source of most of the nation’s building limestone, which is quarried mainly in the S central part of the state.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/states/indiana.html   (4072 words)

  
 Economy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Economy (Eastern Orthodoxy) (a bishop's discretionary power to relax rules)
Economy is a chapter from Walden, by Henry David Thoreau.
Economy, Nova Scotia is an unincorporated community of about 200 in Maritime Canada
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy   (130 words)

  
 Economy, Indiana -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Economy is a town located in (Click link for more info and facts about Wayne County, Indiana) Wayne County, Indiana.
Economy is located at 39°58'35" North, 85°5'9" West (39.976293, -85.085945).
Out of the total population, 25.5% of those under the age of 18 and 22.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ec/economy,_indiana.htm   (440 words)

  
 Indiana's Economy Still Growing, but More Slowly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Indiana’s real GSP in 2005 was estimated at $214.1 billion, up 1.1 percent from 2004 (expressed in 2000 dollars to account for inflation).
Indiana leads the pack with a 2005 index of 112.5, which means that its economy has grown by 12.5 percent since 2001, slightly ahead of the national economy’s growth during the same period.
A breakout of contributions to Indiana’s economy by industry for 2004 is shown in Table 2, which shows dollar value of output from each major industry group and the corresponding percentage of total GSP for both Indiana and the nation.
www.incontext.indiana.edu /2006/july/2.html   (717 words)

  
 Economy - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Sometime during the last 30 years, the service economy emerged as the dominant engine of economic activity.
At first, critics who were uncomfortable with the intangible nature of services bemoaned the decline of the goods-based economy, which, thanks to many factors, had increasingly become...
European Cities in the Knowledge Economy: The Cases of Amsterdam, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Helsinki, Manchester, Munich, Munster, Rotterdam and Zaragoza
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /economy.htm   (218 words)

  
 How Indiana's Economy Varies with the Nation's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
When the U.S. economy is climbing, it's reasonable to expect that an individual state's economy would climb as well, staying somewhat in sync with the national climate.
Indiana's economy exceeded the U.S. growth rate 11 times in 30 years (indicated on the graph by circles above the line) and fell below the national rate in 19 years.
Because Indiana is highly correlated with changes in the national economy, it can be expected that we will follow the pattern of the nation fairly closely in the recessionary and recovery periods now in progress.
www.ibrc.indiana.edu /incontext/2002/jan-feb02/spotlight.html   (690 words)

  
 The Military in Indiana’s Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
At the end of last year, Indiana had about 8,000 jobs in the sector of the economy known as national security.
Indiana’s job count placed the state 18th among all states for jobs in that sector.
For all nonfarm jobs in all of Indiana, the average wage last year was $31,000.
www.ibrc.indiana.edu /iib/09212001.htm   (298 words)

  
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If the Indiana economy were to grow in a manner that produced the same concentration in HT in the state economy in year 2005 as that projected for the Illinois economy, we find that:
Not only is there population growth in both central Indiana and in the rest of the state, but the population increases come primarily due to the in-migration of those of prime working age.
Substantial expansion in Indiana’s technology industries would have to occur in order for us to match the concentration of high tech firms expected to occur in Chicago or in Illinois, but in either case, the required job gains are less than 3 percent of total employment.
www.indianafiscal.org /Report21ExecSumm.htm   (1881 words)

  
 Midwest Economy: Driving Indiana’s and Michigan’s Economic Performance
Last week in Indiana, I presented some evidence that the entire region is growing more slowly than the nation.
Indiana’s automotive performance is buffered by having a larger share of foreign auto parts and auto assembly plants than Michigan.
According to senior economist Thomas Klier, 29% of automotive parts plants in Indiana are foreign owned, as are 2 of its 3 auto assembly plants.
midwest.chicagofedblogs.org /archives/2005/11/indiana.html   (953 words)

  
 Lost jobs, low pay line a path to peril
Indiana is on a trajectory that could rank it with states like Mississippi, where economies long have performed among the worst in the nation.
Indiana would be collecting $1.5 billion more in taxes every year had Hoosier incomes kept pace with those of the rest of the nation's workers.
Indiana's economy will continue to trail the nation's economy after the mild 2001 recession, if recent history is any indication.
www.indystar.com /print/articles/1/029375-5501-092.html   (2066 words)

  
 Midwest Economy: Indiana observations
Each autumn, I have traveled down to the Indianapolis area to deliver a local perspective on the economy to the Indiana Economic Development Forum.
This autumn, the Forum addresses the theme of “work force training and education.” As I survey Indiana’s economic performance over the past 15 years, it strikes me that Indiana is on the right track with its strategic focus on boosting work force training and education.
To forestall this loss of skilled workers, Indiana and other states are pursuing not only work force training and education, but also local technology transfer from technical universities along with the encouragement of entrepreneurial ventures.
midwest.chicagofedblogs.org /archives/2006/10/indiana_observa_1.html   (658 words)

  
 Science fairs building the foundation of Indiana's New Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Science Education Foundation of Indiana (SEFI) encourages involvement in that process through the state's science fairs -- the most recent of which took place April 3 on the campus of Indiana University Kokomo.
SEFI is responsible for organizing Indiana's 12 regional science fairs which are conduits for all science fairs organized by schools across the state.
Winners at the state level may be eligible to be part of Indiana's delegation to the fair which will attract and manage a network of 400 volunteers in Indiana to run the event.
www.ihif.org /stories/april04/sefifinal.htm   (558 words)

  
 Economic Impact: About IU
Indiana University educates students for 21st century jobs in areas such as informatics and biotechnology that are vital to our state's economy.
And as a major research university, we are involved in research and development that directly stimulate the economy by creating new jobs and attracting business and industry to the state.
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation —A not-for-profit agency, IURTC contributes to the state's economy by facilitating research and technology collaborations between Indiana University and business and industry in the state.
www.indiana.edu /about/economic.shtml   (291 words)

  
 Indiana Business Magazine
Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan and his opponent, Republican Mitch Daniels, are echoing a national campaign issue that has already spotlighted the drop in manufacturing employment in the Midwest battleground states as well as fears that increasing numbers of jobs are moving overseas.
About the time that the Indiana Department of Commerce reorganized, the industrial Midwest was slammed by a recession equal in strength to the economic disruptions that plagued the region in the early 1980s and again in the early 1990s.
Indiana’s manufacturing economy was particularly hard hit by the most recent recession, and thousands of Hoosier manufacturing jobs disappeared for good or vanished overseas.
www.indianabusiness.com /articles/2004/0704_B.html   (1903 words)

  
 Building a New Economy: Advancing Indiana: Indiana University
Indiana's burgeoning life sciences industry got a boost with the opening of the new Biotechnology Research and Training Center (BRTC) in April 2003.
BRTC is a great boon to the Indiana Genomics Initiative, better known as INGEN, established in December 2000 with a $105 million grant from the Lilly Endowment.
BRTC is another way that Indiana University is improving the health of Indiana's economy—and its residents.
advancing.indiana.edu /economy/brtc.shtml   (201 words)

  
 Indiana Apartments
Indiana's population of 6.6 million can really spread out over the 1.1 million acres of land available for outdoor recreation.
Indiana's climate is made up of hot summers and cold winters, so apartment rentals with good heating and air conditioning may be a priority for you.
Indiana's second largest city, Fort Wayne has been called a "metropolis with soul." It's no wonder why 205,000 people choose to call this city home; it's earned the title of "All-American City" as well as the City of Livability Award.
www.rent.com /rentals/indiana   (741 words)

  
 Indiana’s New Economy: The Time Is Now
My vision for Indiana is a state that invests strongly in the power of education and in the promise of economic development.
My vision for Indiana is a state that uses the vast resources of its major research universities to educate our people and to drive the growth of business, industry, jobs, and revenue for communities and our state.
Indiana can and should aspire to be the best in the nation in education, preschool through graduate school.
news.uns.purdue.edu /UNS/html3month/031014.SP.Jischke.Rotary.html   (3074 words)

  
 The economy (from Indiana) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Indiana's economy is concentrated in three sectors: manufacturing, services, and retail trade.
From the wooded green hill country along the Ohio River to the stretches of sandy dunes on Lake Michigan's south shore, Indiana is a state of striking contrasts.
In this state, which calls itself the Crossroads of America, a 19th-century covered bridge on a lonely road in Parke County is minutes away from the junction of four superhighways at Indianapolis.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-78665?tocId=78665   (876 words)

  
 Indiana Statistics : Library : Indiana University Kokomo
Crop weather - Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service reports on state-wide average weather conditions, the number of days crop yield is behind or ahead of the average, crop conditions and farm activities.
Indiana Economy at a Glance -Statistics on the total workforce, number of people employed and unemployed, layoffs, and type of employment by industry for Indiana.
Child Welfare Outcomes Data for Indiana - Gives context and outcome data for % of children in poverty, in metropolitan areas, number of maltreatment victims, in foster care, adopted, waiting to be adopted, and placement stability among other statistics by race and age.
www.iuk.edu /~kolibry/FindInfo/indianastatistics.shtml   (1731 words)

  
 Indiana's Geologic Economy
Indiana limestone has been used for many applications, including building stone (notably, used in the Empire State Building), fertilizer lime, and gravel to name a few.
Coal mining in Indiana has all but ceased in recent years, but, as in the case of some gravel pits, was once commonplace.
Indiana oil was first pumped from Ordovician rocks in East-Central Indiana and from Devonian age rocks in Southwestern Indiana drilled in 1889.
www.earlham.edu /~scottna/EconomicGeology.htm   (885 words)

  
 Introducing Indiana - people
Indiana's economy has always been heavily dependent on agriculture and agricultural-related products and industries.
Manufacturing and industry in Indiana have varied with technological advances and societal changes over the years.
In 1992, Indiana farmland was 15.6 million acres of a total land area of 23 million acres.
www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/ihb/publications/comind.html   (401 words)

  
 Income Shows Slow but Continuing Growth of Indiana Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Personal income in Indiana grew by 3.5 percent from the third quarter of 2002 to the same quarter in 2003, compared to a national increase of 3.6 percent.
Indiana did better than Ohio, Illinois and Michigan, but those three states were ranked 44th, 46th and 49th, respectively, in the nation.
Indiana was adversely affected in the past year by the growth (or rather, the lack thereof) of increased military spending.
www.incontext.indiana.edu /2004/mar-apr04/news.html   (647 words)

  
 Alliance for Excellent Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
If Indiana’s high schools and colleges were to raise the graduation rates of Hispanic, African-American, and Native-American students to the levels of white students by 2020, the potential increase in personal income in the state would add more than $1.1 billion to Indiana’s economy.
Indiana spends over $40 million each year to provide community college remediation education for recent high school graduates who did not acquire the basic skills necessary to succeed in college or at work.
Were Indiana to increase the graduation rate and college matriculation of its male students by only 5 percent, the state could see combined savings and revenue of almost $152 million each year.
www.all4ed.org /states2/Indiana/index.html   (587 words)

  
 Historic Southern Indiana
Five of the six Indiana counties with the most coal and the most reserves are in southern Indiana: Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Posey, Warrick.
Processing of agricultural products—corn, poultry and eggs, notably—and of wood and minerals continues to be a mainstay of local economies throughout the region.
Southern Indiana is relatively deprived in modern transportation—one medium-sized airport at Evansville, and just two interstate highways—64, across the southern tier of counties, and 65, connecting metropolitan Louisville to Indianapolis.
www.usi.edu /hsi/trivia/economy.asp   (1277 words)

  
 Economy Indiana Resource Guide, City or community of Economy, Indiana Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
The distance from Economy to Washington DC is 463 miles.
The distance to the Indiana state capital is 61 miles.
Economy is positioned 39.97 degrees north of the equator and 85.08 degrees west of the prime meridian.
www.usacitiesonline.com /incountyeconomy.htm   (187 words)

  
 CNN.com - Ground laid for sunshine economy - Aug 31, 2006
There is always the possibility of a dramatic shift in any or all of those factors, but regional analysts agree that the Japanese economy is now in its longest period of unbroken expansion since the 1960s.
According to IMA Asia, the most notable contributor to Japan's economic recovery is business investment, with companies planning to lift capital spending by 13 percent in the 2006 fiscal year, the fastest pace in 16 years.
The economy is in better shape after Koizumi's progress on structural reform.
www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/japan.koizumi.economy   (1087 words)

  
 Feature: The road ahead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Indiana must keep its core industries strong as well as import new businesses to compete in a global economy, according to agricultural economist Larry DeBoer.
These are just some of the side effects of globalization and participation in the worldwide economy that eventually trickle down to the citizens of Indiana.
This, too, trickled down to the Indiana economy.“ Indiana's total agricultural exports reached $2 billion for 2004,” says agricultural economist Chris Hurt.
www.agriculture.purdue.edu /agricultures/spring2005/feature1.htm   (618 words)

  
 Find Churches in Economy Indiana - FlockFinder.com
For some time now, churches in Indiana have been pressured to get a "church website" thinking it would be an evangelistic tool and way to promote their church.
Churches in Economy Indiana would be surprised at the amount of people who are looking for a church in their area.
Many churches in Indiana don't realize the challenge Christians are facing each week trying to find good churches to attend.
www.flockfinder.com /churches_indiana/economy/churches_economy_indiana.html   (590 words)

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