Just in time for Thanksgiving Day on Thursday (Nov. 26), the Indiana Business Research Center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has offered a menu of interesting statistics.

Indiana University economists presenting their annual forecast today (Nov. 5) are confident that 2010 is going to be better than this year. Unfortunately, 2009 was "really, really awful."

IU's Kelley School of Business will present its national, state and local economic forecasts for 2010, beginning with a presentation on Thursday (Nov. 5) morning in Indianapolis, followed by similar events in nine other cities across the state.

The Indiana Business Research Center at IU's Kelley School of Business has been named winner of three of the seven Awards of Excellence presented this year by the Association for University Business and Economic Research.

The Leading Index for Indiana (LII) for the month of September was unchanged from the August index. The August index, previously flat from July, was revised upward. The LII is produced by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, in order to help Hoosier businesses and governments better understand market conditions in the state.

The Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has created a new economic index that will enable Hoosiers to better understand market conditions in the state.

On Nov. 5, the Indiana University Business Outlook Panel will begin a statewide tour to present its economic forecast for 2010, with presentations in Indianapolis and Bloomington.

Indiana University Bloomington professors have prepared comments about Hispanic issues to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month, which began Tuesday, Sept. 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries -- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua -- and continues until Oct. 15. IU professors Peter Guardino, Darlene Sadlier and Carol O. Rogers share their thoughts on topical issues relevant to these issues.

The Indiana Business Research Center has analyzed population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau for all cities, towns and townships in the state.

A new Indiana University report released today (June 29) indicates that Indiana has been one of the nation's top beneficiaries of foreign direct investment (FDI) in this decade. Firms where a foreign investor or company had at least a 50 percent stake accounted for 4.6 percent of Indiana's total private sector employment in 2006, ranking the state ninth nationally and well above the U.S. average of 3.5 percent.

According to a new study by the IU Kelley School of Business and its Indiana Business Research Center, Eli Lilly and Co. contributes about $8 billion to the state's economy and is Indiana's sixth largest employer with more than 14,000 employees.

Indiana University continues to lead all public and private institutions in the state of Indiana in granting baccalaureate and most graduate degrees, and a new study indicates that IU graduates are making vital contributions to the state well after they receive their degrees.

During a period when auto industry employment in Indiana and elsewhere has been in decline, the Hoosier state's life sciences firms have accounted for nearly a quarter of the jobs created during this decade.

In addition to being felt on Wall Street and Main Street, the severe slowdown in housing starts soon could be noticeable on school playgrounds in Indiana, according to a report produced by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

To ensure prosperity in the New Year, Spanish-speaking cultures eat 12 grapes, Southerners eat greens and beans, and Italians eat a sugary fried pastry called chiacchiere. For a prosperous 2009, it may be wise to try all three, according to the outlook issue of the Indiana Business Review. Titled "How the Economy Will Weather the Storm in 2009," the annual forecast predicts gloomy economic weather for the coming year.

According to a report produced by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, more women than men are earning college degrees, a result of the increased opportunities for women in recent decades.

Just in time for Thanksgiving Day on Thursday (Nov. 27), the Indiana Business Research Center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has offered a menu of interesting statistics.

Regulated livestock operations (RLOs) can have a small positive effect on nearby residential property values in rural areas, according to a new Indiana University study. The study, produced by the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) for the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA), bases its results in part on an analysis of real estate transactions in three Indiana counties between 2000-2006.

As 2008 draws to an end, economists at Indiana University and its Kelley School of Business hope that the nation and Indiana can escape 2009 with only a moderate recession -- similar in severity to those in 1990 and in 2001. The Kelley School's Business Outlook Panel today (Nov. 6) presented a forecast for 2009 predicting that national output (Gross Domestic Product) will decline through the first half of 2009 -- dropping more than 1 percent during the recession -- before growing in the second half.

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business will present its national, state and local economic forecasts for 2008, beginning with a presentation on Thursday (Nov. 6) morning in Indianapolis, followed by similar events in nine other cities across the state.

Just in time for Election Day next Tuesday (Nov. 4), the Indiana Business Research Center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has offered some interesting statistics.

2008 was a "very tricky year" for economists to anticipate and forecasters who will present the Indiana University Business Outlook Panel forecast acknowledge that 2009 "could be even more challenging."

Some economists argue that increasing the minimum wage has adverse effects on employment. However, a new study from the Indiana Business Research Center at IU's Kelley School of Business reveals that decreased employment may not be so easily tied to higher minimum wages.

Findings that appear in the new issue of InContext -- a publication produced by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, in partnership with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development -- indicate that Indiana's population is expected to become increasingly diverse over the next 20 years.

Just in time for Labor Day, the Indiana Business Research Center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has offered some statistics about the Indiana work force.