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• The Indiana Life Science Industry
• The Economic Footprint of Indiana’s Community Health Centers

• The Two-Sided Coin: Casino Gaming and Casino Tax Revenue in Indiana
• Future Casino Tax Yields: What Recent Trends in Casino Wagering and Attendance Suggest

• Outlook for 2009
• International Outlook for 2009
• U.S. Outlook for 2009
• Financial Outlook for 2009
• Housing Market Outlook for 2009
• Indiana's Outlook for 2009
• Indiana's Agricultural Outlook for 2009
• Indiana's Special Sectors Outlook for 2009
• Anderson Forecast 2009
• Bloomington Forecast 2009
• Columbus Forecast 2009
• Evansville Forecast 2009
• Fort Wayne Forecast 2009
• Gary Forecast 2009
• Indianapolis-Carmel Forecast 2009
• Kokomo Forecast 2009
• Louisville Forecast 2009
• Muncie Forecast 2009
• Richmond Forecast 2009
• South Bend and Elkhart Area Forecast 2009
• Terre Haute Forecast 2009

• Minimum Wage Impacts on Employment: A Look at Indiana, Illinois, and Surrounding Midwestern States
• Shifting Gears: Recent Changes in Indiana's Economy

• How Our Population Grows
• Projection Implications on the Economy
• Transportation Planning
• Land Use
• Education Enrollment Numbers Are a Significant Matter
• Job Training and Areas of Labor Shortages
• Public Health
• County Population Estimates for 2007: Interpreting the Components of Change

• Indiana is Different: Measuring Economic Activity in the United States and Indiana
• The Impact of Property Tax Legislation on Indiana Households

• Outlook for 2008
• The International Economy
• The U.S. Economy
• Financial Forecast
• Housing
• Indiana Agriculture
• Indiana
• Anderson
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Gary
• Indianapolis-Carmel
• Kokomo
• Louisville
• Muncie
• Richmond
• South Bend-Mishawaka and Elkhart-Goshen
• Terre Haute

• Survey Respondents Share Opinions of Riverboat Casinos in their Communities
  
• Indiana Evidence on the Employment Beta: A Simple Tool for Evaluating the Desirability of Targeted Sectors

• The Professional and Business Services Sector: Employment Changes Across Indiana Metros
• Nanotechnology: Breaking Through the Next Big Frontier of Knowledge

• Mixed Messages in Compensation per Job
• Key Aspects of Per Capita Personal Income
• Median Family Income in 2005

• Outlook for 2007
• The International Economy
• The U.S. Economy
• Financial Forecast
• Housing
• Indiana Agriculture
• Indiana
• Anderson and Muncie
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Gary
• Indianapolis
• Kokomo
• New Albany
• Richmond
• South Bend and Elkhart-Goshen
• Terre Haute
• Indiana Metro Economies at a Glance

• How Does Your Garden Grow?: Employment Growth Among the States
• Household Income Varies by Region and Race
• Agritourism and Rural Economic Development

• Density: How Concentrated is Our Population?
• Proximity Matters: Close, but Not Too Close
• Indiana's Twenty Fastest Growing Cities and Towns
• Indiana's Township Population Change

• Where Does the Money Go?
• Refining Measures of Economic Stability: The 2005 Self-Sufficiency Standard for Indiana

• Outlook for 2006
• The U.S. Economy
• The International Economy
• Financial Forecast
• Housing
• Indiana Agriculture
• Indiana
• Anderson and Muncie
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Gary
• Indianapolis
• Kokomo
• New Albany
• Richmond
• South Bend and Elkhart-Goshen
• Terre Haute

• Economic Self-Sufficiency: The Minimum Cost of Family Support in Indiana's Metropolitan Areas
• Trends in Marriage and Birth: The Fundamentals
• Family Income, Earners, and Occupations: An American Community Survey Snapshot of Indiana

• Black and White in Indiana
• Projecting Reapportionment
• In the Zone: A Look at Indiana's Enterprise Zones
• Business Ownership by State and Race

• Who Shoulders the Cost of Local Government?
• The New Age in Indiana Property Tax Assessment
• Lake County Taxing—A Case Study
• Government Spending and Efficiency
• Lack of Raw Data (Sidebar)

Outlook 2005 (Winter 2004)

• Outlook for 2005
• The U.S. Economy
• The International Economy
• Financial Forecast
• Housing
• Indiana
• Anderson and Muncie
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Gary
• Indianapolis
• Kokomo
• New Albany
• Richmond
• South Bend/Mishawaka and Elkhart/Goshen
• Terre Haute
• Jobs Watch: Change in October Job Levels

• Business Income Taxes in Indiana: Who Pays?
• Calculating Income Tax Liability
• Indiana’s Tax Restructuring of 2002
• What Is the Economic Base of This Place?
• Suburbs Diversify: Population Change in Racial and Hispanic Composition
• Diversity by the Numbers: Population Growth by County, April 2000 to July 2003

• How We Got Here from There: A Chronology of Indiana Property Tax Laws
• Double-Edged Sword: Personal Income As a Measure of Indiana's Wellbeing
• Demographics and Housing Information from the American Community Survey
• Growth in Housing Units: Percent Change, April 2000 to July 2003

• Letting It Ride on Indiana's Technology Belt
• Exodus to Suburbia Continues, but a Little Slower
• The Mind of the Indiana CEO: Views on Emerging Business Issues
• I-69 Corridor in Southwest Indiana Receives Federal Approval

• Outlook for 2004
• The U.S. Economy
• The International Economy
• Financial Forecast
• Corporate Governance and Reporting
• Housing
• Indiana
• Anderson
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Gary
• Indianapolis
• Kokomo
• Lafayette
• Muncie
• New Albany
• Richmond
• South Bend/Mishawaka and Elkhart/Goshen
• Terre Haute
• Outlook Summary for 2004

• Mothers of Invention: Women in Technology
• Innovative Women (Sidebar)
• Hoosier Women in High-Tech Jobs
• The Hoosier Melting Pot Continues to Simmer
• Midwest Sees Lower Cost of Living

• Indiana's Median Age is Pushing Forty: Latest Population Projections for Indiana Counties and Regions
• Perspectives on the Projections
• Study Explores Economic Impact of Indiana Nonprofits
• Indiana's Population Future: Growth and Decline, 2000 to 2040 (Map of Indiana Counties)

• The State of Steel
• Analyzing the Price of Hot-Rolled Sheet Steel
• Hoosiers Prefer Potholes to Taxes
• New Census Data Show Continued Suburban Growth

• Outlook for 2003
• The U.S. Economy
• The International Economy
• Financial Forecast
• Housing
• Indiana
• Anderson
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Gary
• Indianapolis
• Kokomo
• Lafayette
• Muncie
• New Albany
• Richmond
• South Bend/Mishawaka and Elkhart/Goshen
• Outlook Summary for 2003

• Housing Hoosiers
• Quick Facts about Hoosier Homes and Households
• Long Form Data Fill Out Census 2000 Portrait
• A Graphic Overview of Employment and Earnings in the 1990s

• Indiana Makes Progress on the Educational Attainment Gap
• Educational Attainment and Our Neighboring States
• Learn More, Earn More
• Census Facts Revealed: Census 2000 Update
• Higher Education in the U.S.
  (Map of U.S.)
• A Closer Look: Percent of Adults 25 and Older with a Bachelor's Degree (Map of Indiana Townships)

• Dissecting Indiana's Decline in Personal Income
• Indiana's Population Tops 6.1 Million

Outlook 2002 (Winter 2001)

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• Outlook for 2002
• The U.S. Economy
• The International Economy
• Financial Forecast
• Housing
• Indiana
• Anderson
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Gary
• Indianapolis
• Kokomo
• Lafayette
• Muncie
• New Albany
• Richmond
• South Bend-Mishawaka/Elkhart-Goshen
• Terre Haute
• 2001 Business Outlook Panel Summary for 2001

Fall 2001

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• Good Pay, B.A. Not Required: An Analysis of Occupations, Pay and Educational Requirements
• Inside Indiana's Counties: Township Population Changes, 1990-2000

Summer 2001

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• A More Diverse Indiana
• Diversity on a Personal Level
• Census 2000 Update

Spring 2001

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• Benchmarking a Regional Economy
• More Hoosiers, Less Representation
• A Short Retrospective on 20th Century U.S. Population Change
• Highlights From the First Returns
• Census 2000 Update

Outlook 2001 (Winter 2000)

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• Another Try at Comfortable Deceleration
• The U.S. Economy
• The International Economy
• Financial Market Forecast for 2001
• Soft Landing for Housing
• Indiana
• Anderson
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Gary
• Indianapolis
• Kokomo
• Lafayette
• Muncie
• New Albany
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• South Bend
• Terre Haute

Fall 2000

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• The Rich Stay Rich Among Indiana's Counties
• Indiana Migration Shifts
• The Changing Face of Indiana
• Census 2000 Update: The Next Steps

Summer 2000

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• Hamilton and Other Suburban Counties Lead the State in Population Growth Rates
• Suburban Sprawl Advances
• Census 2000: How is Indiana Doing?

Spring 2000

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• Indiana: Land of Entrepreneurial Opportunity
• Indiana's Population Growth Continues
• Measuring Indiana's Goods and Services: Gross State Product 1987-1997
• Census 2000 Update

Outlook 2000 (Winter 1999)

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• Setting Into a Sustainable Pace of Economic Growth
• Y2K: The U.S. Economy at the Millennium
• Financial Outlook for 2000
• The International Economy
• Housing Outlook
• Indiana in the New Century
• Indianapolis
• Fort Wayne
• Columbus
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• Kokomo
• Louisville-Jeffersonville-New Albany
• Evansville
• South Bend/Mishawaka-Elkhart/Goshen
• Census 2000 Update

Fall 1999

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• Taxing Inventories: An Analysis of Its Effects in Indiana
• What Do We Want From Economic Development?
• City and Town Population:
  Sub-county Population Estimates for July 1, 1998
• County Income Growth: How Healthy? How Efficient?
• A Perspective: Mosaic or Melting Pot?
• Most Hoosiers Will Be Counted—But Most Isn't Enough

Updates

• IBR Update: Employment Continues to Rise (November)
• IBR Update: The Age Distribution of Indiana's Population (October)
• IBR Update: Urban Sprawl Continues (September)

Summer 1999

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• Steel: Challenges, Opportunities, and Change
• Break Away Growth: Economic Development for the 21st Century
• Where Are They Coming From? Where Do They Go? A Study of Migration for 1997-1998
• County Changes in Personal Per Capita Income
• Census 2000 Update

Updates

• IBR Update: The Hoosier Eleven (August)
• IBR Update: How Does Your Garden Grow? (July)
• IBR Update: How Fast Are We Growing? (June)

Spring 1999

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• Indiana Population Change in the 1990s: A Graphic View
• Indiana Population Change in the 1990s: A Narrative View
• Indiana Farms: Bigger, But Fewer
• Census 2000 Update

Updates

• IBR Update: How Hot are Indiana's Labor Markets? (May)
• IBR Update: County Population Changes (April)
• IBR Update: Indiana Metro Areas in a Midwest Perspective (March)
• IBR Update: How Many? (February)
• IBR Update: Jobs vs. Number Employed (January)

Outlook 1999 (Winter 1998)

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• U.S. Economy Won't Avoid Global Slowdown
• The National Real Outlook
• The Financial Markets
• International Trade and Foreign Investment
• Housing Markets
• Indiana on the Brink?
• Indianapolis
• Fort Wayne
• Anderson
• Columbus
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• Kokomo
• Northwest Indiana
• South Bend/Mishawaka-Elkhart/Goshen
• Louisville-Jeffersonville-New Albany
• Muncie

Fall 1998

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• Apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives: Will Indiana Lose a Seat After the 2000 Census?
• Census 2000 Update for Indiana
• Whither Goest EDIN?
• Indiana Demographics in Brief
• Indiana Economics in Brief
• Gone Fishin'

Updates:

• IBR Update: Housing In Indiana (November)
• IBR Update: The Value Of A Dollar (October)
• IBR Update: Proprietor's In Indiana's Economy (September)
• IBR Update: The Forgotten Hoosier Recession (August)

Spring 1998

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• The Hoosier Riverboats: A Look at Rising Sun
• Cities, Towns, and Townships in Indiana—The Latest Estimates of Population
• New Data for the Labor Market
• Census 2000 Update
• Changes in Industry Classification Imminent

Updates

• IBR Update: Seasonal Patterns In Employment (May)
• IBR Update: Rural Growth Continues In Indiana (January)

Outlook 1998 (December 1997)

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• It's Getting Repetitive: A Strong Economy for Another Year
• The National Real Outlook
• International Trade
• Federal Reserve Policy and Interest Rates
• The Financial Markets
• Continued Expansion Anticipated for Indiana
• Indianapolis
• Columbus
• Fort Wayne
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• South Bend/Mishawaka and Elkhart/Goshen
• Lafayette
• Louisville-Jeffersonville-New Albany
• Kokomo

Updates

• IBR Update: Income Growth Patterns (November)
• IBR Update: Latest County Income Data (October)
• IBR Update: Hoosier Earnings Near $100 Billion (September)
• IBR Update (August)
• IBR Update: What Was The Problem? (July)
• IBR Update: State's Economy Continues to Advance (June)
• IBR Update: Fast Foods in the Fast Lane (May)
• IBR Update: The Employment Puzzle (April)
• IBR Update: Slowdown of Indiana's Growth (March)
• IBR Update: Changes in Construction Industry (February)
• IBR Update: To Each State Its Own (January)

Outlook 1997 (December 1996)

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• The National Economic Outlook
• Risks to the Forecast and Economic Policy Issues for the President and Congress
• Housing
• Indiana's Economy
• Indianapolis
• Anderson
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Fort Wayne
• Kokomo
• Louisville-Jeffersonville-New Albany
• Muncie
• Northwest Indiana
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• South Bend/Mishawaka and Elkhart/Goshen
• Terre Haute

October1996

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• The Health Insurance Challenge for Indiana
• The Contribution of Indiana's Food and Agricultural System to the Hoosier Economy

Updates

• IBR Update: Property Taxes in Indiana (November)
• IBR Update: Employment Up? (October)
• IBR Update: Rich and Poor Countries (September)

June 1996

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• Redefining Reality: New Measures of Output and Inflation
• Inside the Labor Force Estimates: A Look at the Unemployment Rate
• Back Home in Indiana: A Migration Profile

Updates

• IBR Update: Concentration of Employment (August)
• IBR Update: Progress Slowed (July)
• IBR Update: Real Earnings Growth (June)

April 1996

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• Big Growth in Small Places and Suburban Communities
• Future Trends in Indiana's School Enrollment
• Indiana Continues to Grow
• Almost All Indiana Counties Growing in Population

Updates

• IBR Update: Long Term Review (May)
• IBR Update: Metropolitan Area Employment Growth (April)
• IBR Update: Are Employment Changes Sending a Signal (March)
• IBR Update: Entitlements (February)
• IBR Update: Difference in Employment Numbers (January)

Outlook 1996(Winter 1995)

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• The 1996 Outlook: Introduction and Overview
• Private Domestic Demand
• Fiscal and Monetary Policy
• The International Economy
• Capital Markets
• Housing
• Indiana
• Anderson
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Indianapolis
• Louisville-Jeffersonville-New Albany
• Northwest Indiana
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• South Bend/Mishawaka and Elkhart/Goshen
• Terre Haute
• Wabash County

Fall 1995

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• Information Watch
• Projected Household Trends for Counties, 1995 to 2030

Updates

• IBR Update: The Steel Industry (November)

September 1995

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• Household Projections for Indiana 1995 to 2030

Outlook 1995 (Winter 1994)

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• Consumer Spending and Business Investment
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy
• The International Economy
• Corporate Profits, Interest Rates, and the Stock Market
• Housing
• Indiana
• Indianapolis
• Northwest Indiana
• Fort Wayne
• Evansville
• Anderson
• Kokomo
• South Bend/Mishawaka and Elkhart/Goshen
• Terre Haute
• Columbus
• Lafayette
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle

Outlook 1994 (Winter 1993)

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• The 1994 Business and Economic Outlook: The Economy Keeps Rolling Forward, But Slowly
• Consumer Spending and Nonresidential Investment
• Housing
• Fiscal and Monetary Policy Outlook
• The International Economy
• Corporate Profits, Interest Rates, and the Stock Market
• A Review of Recession, Recovery, and Expansion
• Indianapolis
• Fort Wayne
• Evansville
• Northwest Indiana
• South Bend/Mishawaka-Elkhart/Goshen
• Bloomington
• Anderson
• Terre Haute
• Kokomo
• Columbus
• Lafayette
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• Jeffersonville/New Albany (Louisville Area)

Fall 1993

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• Indiana State Taxes and Expenditures: A Growth Rate Analysis
• An Evaluation of the Fiscal Condition of Cities in Indiana 1970-1990
• A Sector-based Strategy for Economic Development

Outlook 1993 (Winter 1992)

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• The National Economic Outlook for 1993: Introduction and Overview
• Consumer Income and Expenditures
• Gross Private Domestic Investment
• Fiscal and Monetary Policy Outlook
• The International Economy
• Financial Markets
• Real Estate Markets
• The Recession is Over, the Recovery is Over—What's Next for Indiana?
• Indianapolis
• Northwest Indiana
• Fort Wayne
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Lafayette
• Anderson
• Terre Haute
• South Bend/Mishawaka-Elkhart/Goshen
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• Evansville
• Jeffersonville/New Albany (Louisville Area)
• Kokomo

Fall 1992

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• Determinants of Manufacturing Location: An Analysis of Locations in Indiana Between 1986 and 1989
• Status of Indiana Families: Today and Tomorrow

Spring 1992

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• Air, Earth, Fire, and Water—Indiana's Environmental Issues
• Performance of the Indiana Economy by Country: Second Quarter 1979 to Third Quarter 1990
• The Age Distribution of Indiana's Population, 1990

Outlook 1992 (Winter 1991)

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• The Outlook for the National Economy in 1992: Introduction and Overview
• Personal Consumption Expenditures
• Nonresidential Investment and Inventory Change
• Unemployment and Inflation in 1992 and the Resulting Fiscal and Monetary Policy Issues
• The International Economy
• Financial Markets and Corporate Earnings
• Real Estate Markets
• Indiana's Recession in Graphics
• Indianapolis
• Northwest Indiana
• Fort Wayne
• Columbus
• Bloomington
• Kokomo
• Richmond/Connersville/New Castle
• South Bend/Mishawaka-Elkhart/Goshen
• Terre Haute
• Evansville
• Anderson
• Jeffersonville-New Albany (Louisville Area)

Fall 1991

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• The Relationship Between Demographic Changes and Future Housing Demand in Indiana: A Preliminary Look from the Census
• A Labor Perspective on Workplace Literacy

Midyear Outlook 1991 (Summer)

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• The Midyear Outlook for the National Economy
• Consumer Spending
• Nonresidential Investment and Inventory Change
• Unemployment, Inflation, Interest Rates, and Fiscal and Monetary Policies
• The International Economy
• Equities, Bonds, and Corporate Earnings
• Indiana: What Kind of Recovery?
• Indianapolis
• Bloomington
• Columbus
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Lafayette
• Richmond/Connersville/New Castle
• South Bend/Mishawaka-Elkhart
• Terre Haute
• Northwest Indiana
• Jeffersonville-New Albany (Louisville Area)

June 1991

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• Behind the Unemployment Rates
• Economies of Scale in Indiana's Local Court System
• The Life-Cycle Consumption Function and the Accumulation of Liquid Wealth in Indiana, 1982-1989

March 1991

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• Indiana's Center of Population, 1900 to 1990
• The Indiana Enterprise File Project
• Market Research: Students Helping Business
• Indiana's Changing Population: A Graphic Overview

Outlook 1991 (Winter 1990)

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• The Outlook for the National Economy in 1991
• Consumer Spending and Income
• Nonresidential Investment and Inventory Change
• Unemployment, Inflation, Interest Rates, and Fiscal and Monetary Policies
• The International Economy
• Housing
• Corporate Earnings and Capital Markets
• Indiana's Recession in Perspective
• Indianapolis
• Northwest Indiana
• South Bend/Mishawaka-Elkhart-Goshen
• Kokomo
• Lafayette
• Columbus
• Terre Haute
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• Evansville
• Jeffersonville-New Albany (Louisville Area)

Fall 1990

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• Indiana a Century Ago
• A LaPorte County Profile
• A Statistical Overview of LaPorte County

Midyear Outlook 1990 (July)

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• Midyear Review of the Outlook for 1990
• Consumer Expenditures
• Nonresidential Investment
• Government Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Unemployment, Inflation, and Interest Rates
• The International Economy
• Interest Rates and Financial Markets
• Housing
• A Closer Look at Indiana's Economy
• Indianapolis
• Northwest Indiana
• Fort Wayne
• Columbus
• Terre Haute
• Evansville
• Kokomo
• South Bend/Mishawaka-Elkhart/Goshen
• Lafayette
• Richmond-Connersville-New Castle
• Jeffersonville-New Albany (Louisville Area)

Spring 1990

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• The Electric Interstate
• Indiana and Federal Highway Dollars

November 1988

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• Indiana's Economic Performance: A Comparison
• Providing Public Facilities to Support Economic Growth
• Why There Will Be No Recession

April 1988

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• The Lottery: Its Financial Effects
• The Lottery: Its Economic Effects
• The Lottery and Pari-Mutuels: Strange Bedfellows
• Wholesaling of Wine and Spirits in Indiana

November 1987

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• Employment Changes in St. Joseph County, 1972-1984
• Information for Economic Development in Indiana
• The 1987 Economic Censuses

October 1987

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• The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District: A Tenth Anniversary Report
• Local Review Programs and the 1990 Census

May 1987

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• Indiana Population Shifts by Age Group, 1980-85
• Job Gains versus Wage Gains--Indiana's Deindustrialization Continues
• Indiana 1986: Corrections and Revisions

April 1987

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• Indiana 1986: The Economic Year in Perspective