Annie Baxter Feature Archive
Twin Cities homebuilders pulled more permits in September than they did during the same month last year.
(09/29/2011)
Job vacancies advertised online in Minnesota dropped in September by 1,700, according to the New-York based research group The Conference Board.
(09/28/2011)
Minnesota saw strong demand for nearly $800 million in general obligation and other bonds offered for competitive bids.
(09/27/2011)
Home prices were down about 9 percent in July from the same time last year, but S&P's Maureen Maitland says that drop follows several months of double-digit annual declines.
(09/27/2011)
Minnesota goes to the bond market Tuesday morning to ask investors to lend the state money for various capital projects. The nearly $1 billion bond sale is the first to follow the state's latest credit downgrade.
(09/27/2011)
The last major credit rating agency has downgraded Minnesota's bond rating one notch below triple-A, because of its ongoing structural budget problems.
(09/23/2011)
Minnesota added more than 28,000 jobs in August, primarily due to laid-off state workers getting back to work.
(09/15/2011)
Minnesota added more than 28,000 jobs in August, largely due to laid-off state workers getting back to work.
(09/15/2011)
Minnesota's exports in manufacturing, agriculture and mining products all hit a record high.
(09/14/2011)
New data shows lackluster performance for the Twin Cities housing market last month.
(09/13/2011)
The Twin Cities housing market in August continued to demonstrate a lackluster recovery.
(09/13/2011)
Experts say to be skeptical of newly-released data that suggests mortgage fraud activity in Minnesota is on the rise.
(09/12/2011)
Minnesota's banks are not immune to the bank industry's troubles, and larger trends are putting the squeeze on profits.
(09/11/2011)
The head of the Federal Reserve Bank didn't offer any new fixes for the bad economy during a speech Thursday.
(09/08/2011)
The head of the Federal Reserve Bank told a crowd in Minneapolis Thursday that further reductions in state and local governments could create additional headwinds for the economic recovery.
(09/08/2011)