Media Relations
Tuesday,
November 25,
2003
Indiana Business Research Center
In response to news this afternoon, Feb. 8, that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana plans to invest $131 million to consolidate its Highlander mid-size SUV production and create up to 400 jobs at its Princeton plant by 2013, here is information from experts at Indiana University Bloomington who can offer additional perspective. Arrangements can be made for live in-studio television interviews.
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According to a new report by researchers at the Indiana Business Research Center, the Hoosier state is a prime example of how the Affordable Care Act could place thousands of newly created jobs at risk. The same report also weighs in on the contentious issue of right to work, and supports the assertion that it will hamper Indiana's small firms' ability to create jobs and state efforts to bring in new investment.
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The Leading Indicators for Indiana pointed to a recovery that is finally gaining traction, hitting a new post-crisis high in December. The LII jumped from 97.1 to 97.5 -- its highest level since September 2008.
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Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced today, Jan. 11, that Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the university a major new $33 million grant to help transform undergraduate facilities at IU's Kelley School of Business in Bloomington.
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As Hoosiers look ahead to a new year, the Leading Index for Indiana for November provides some encouraging news. The index has recovered all ground lost in the first part of 2011, and November markes the first time in a year that all five components improved, said Timothy Slaper, director of economic analysis at the Indiana Business Research Center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, which compiles the monthly report.
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A new Indiana University research project that looked at work outcomes for graduates at all degree levels of the state's public colleges found that the manufacturing industry awarded the highest pay. When it comes to which industry hires the most graduates, however, that honor fell to the educational services industry, followed by the health care services industry.
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