Omaha, Nebraska — The Creighton University survey of manufacturing supply managers for Iowa and eight other states was above growth neutral for April after two straight months below the mark. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey.
The survey questions the business managers in several areas and scores the overall index on a 100 point scale. Goss says there’s several positives in the survey.
He says the wage gain comes as the wage trend has been a bit down to sideways. Goss says a negative involved workforce numbers.
Goss says Iowa has lost around one-thousand manufacturing jobs in the last month, which is not bad compared to other states.
He says all of the states in the index are pretty similar in the overall index.
Goss says some of the managers say the price of fuel and housing are starting to impact their business dramatically.
