Posts in category economy

The Trump administration is putting the finishing touches on a plan to return mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private-shareholder ownership.  The proposal, …

Crime, infrastructure, and pre-K for three-year-olds were all topics of discussion for the mayoral debate between incumbent Democrat Joe Hogsett and Republican challenger Jim Merritt. …

Indy Politics asks Ball State Economist Mike Hicks if there is an actual economic slowdown coming, or if we are we just trying to talk …

by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz Here we go again. In what seems to be a never-ending quest to reward low-skilled labor and the failure to get a …

Indy Politics talks to University of Indianapolis economist Dr. Matt Will about the state of the economy, whether a recession is on the horizon, the …

Indiana’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 percent for June and remains lower than the national rate of 3.7 percent. According to the Department of Workforce Development, Indiana’s labor force had …

State officials say Indiana is closing out the fiscal year with its largest surplus on record. Indiana is closing out the year with $410 million …

Indy Politics talks with Ball State University Economist Mike Hicks about the current trade war between the United States and China and what the long-term …

Here are a few political news items from across the state that might be worth a mention or two. Although Indiana lawmakers won’t get the …

As 2018 winds down we decided to take a look back at the year in review, as well as what’s ahead for 2019. Indy Politics …