by - June 1, 2026 4:03 pm
Arkansas’ economic conditions declined slightly in May compared to April, but remained in a growth trend despite continued job losses in the manufacturing sector, according to the Creighton University Mid-America…
by - March 2, 2026 11:59 am
Arkansas’ overall economy improved in February compared with January, but the state posted a more than 5% decline in the export of manufacturing goods in 2025, according information in the…
by - January 2, 2026 9:54 am
Arkansas’ overall economy improved in December, but the state’s manufacturing exports are down almost 5% in the first three quarters of the year, according to the Creighton University Mid-America Business…
by - September 1, 2016 7:23 pm
The weak business conditions across the nine-state Mid-America region that includes Arkansas continued in August as the energy and agriculture sectors weigh down on overall economic growth, according to Creighton…
by - July 1, 2016 12:00 pm
Business growth across the state took a step back in June, but a highly-watched economic indicator for the Mid-America region that includes Arkansas predicts Great Britain’s exit from the European…
by - June 1, 2016 2:36 pm
While business growth in Arkansas and surrounding states is not as anemic as the U.S. economy, two closely-watched regional economic reports show supply managers and corporate executives are still concerned about…
by - May 2, 2016 4:06 pm
Business growth in Arkansas lost a step in April as a leading economic indicator for the region shows the state’s manufacturing, farming and energy sectors continue to shed jobs and…
by - April 4, 2016 2:23 pm
Although Arkansas’ manufacturing sector lost thousands of jobs since the Great Recession, productivity among the state’s factory workers is still the highest in the nine-state region that makes up the…
by - February 1, 2016 11:29 am
A leading economic indicator for a nine-state region stretching across Midwest America shows that Arkansas businesses saw robust expansion in January which helped to lift the state’s economy above “growth…
by - January 6, 2016 1:20 pm
A leading economic indicator for the nine-state middle America region stretching from Arkansas to North Dakota shows that business growth has slumped for the fifth straight month heading into the…
by - December 1, 2015 3:26 pm
The yearlong downturn in Arkansas’ much-maligned manufacturing sector will continue through the early part of next year and will likely push the number of blue collar jobs near or below…
by - June 2, 2015 10:32 am
A new Arvest survey indicates Arkansans are growing more confident about the financial situation, and a closely watched Creighton report suggests that economic growth in and around Arkansas is slowing….
