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Missouri Economy Indicators

Missouri Economy Indicators

This series will explore economic indicators and impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rural Small Business Engagement

Rural small business engagement

Guidelines for meaningful engagement with rural small business owners in economic development planning.

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Kaitlyns Deli

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University of Missouri Extension's Exceed program focuses on regional economic and entrepreneurial development. Exceed assists decision-makers with data-driven regional economic development strategies and industry studies. We routinely partner with businesses, communities, regions, governments and nonprofits to enhance economic and entrepreneurial opportunities.

 

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Gross Domestic Product Trends in Missouri

Publication date: June 1, 2020

In December 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released county-level measures of gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time. GDP measures the total value of goods and services produced less the value consumed to produce those goods ...

Could Online Sales Be a Direct Marketing Opportunity for Rural Farms?

Publication date: Feb. 1, 2020

Local food has been the subject of federal, state, and local government policy in recent years as consumer interest in and demand for local foods has grown. In 2017, 130,056 U.S. farms (just over 6% of U.S. farms) were marketing food for human ...

Population Change and Fiscal Stress in Missouri’s Third Class Counties

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2019

During the recent recession, local governments struggled to manage budgets as revenues dropped. Because the recession was deeper and longer than any in the past half-century, with a slower recovery, reserve funds were not sufficient.With lower ...

Engaging Small Businesses in Rural Economic Development: Seven Guidelines for Success

Publication date: Aug. 1, 2019

Finding locally led solutions to rural economic development challenges requires the time and capacity of many stakeholders. Practitioners navigate available infrastructure and connectivity, distance to markets, sparse populations, and access to ...

Missouri’s Third Class County Budget Trend Analysis

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2019

A gift in honor of the contributions of Dr. Curtis Bracheler contributed to this project. Dr. James Ahrenholz established the gift.This electronic workbook enables Missouri third class counties to analyze county fiscal trends from 1996 to 2017. A ...

Missouri’s Third Class County Budget Trend Analysis: Workbook User’s Manual

Publication date: June 1, 2016

The electronic workbook, Third Class County Budget Trend Analysis: 1996–2013, is a set of spreadsheets, or workbook, that enables Missouri third-class counties to analyze county fiscal trends from 1996 to 2013. A county can make a detailed study of ...

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Missouri Economy Indicators Issue 2: UI Claims & Tourism - April 6, 2020 (PDF)

This brief discusses unemployment claims in the United States and Missouri and highlights industries initially impacted by COVID-19. Similar to the U.S., Missouri's unemployment claims, for the week ending March 28, have more than doubled from the ...

Missouri Economy Indicators Issue 4: Unemployment - May 4, 2020 (PDF)

This brief discusses statewide unemployment claims due to COVID-19 and highlights county level impacts. Statewide, 12 percent of Missouri’s labor force filed unemployment claims between 3/15 and 4/18 due to COVID-19. Taney County, which has a large ...

Missouri Economy Indicators Issue 1: Hotels & Movies - March 23, 2020 (PDF)

This brief is the first in a series to explore economic indicators and impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Given that Missouri often follows national trends, tourism and recreation declines probably impacts the state similarly. Detailed ...

Missouri Economy Indicators Issue 3: Business Revenue - April 20, 2020 (PDF)

This brief discusses changes in revenue for various industries in Missouri, and highlights the meat processing industry which has seen disruptions due to COVID-19. Credit card transactions for the week ending April 11, compared to the same week in ...

Missouri Economy Indicators Issue 5: Household Spending - May 18, 2020 (PDF)

Personal consumption expenditures account for almost 70% of the U.S. economy, and as a result consumer spending patterns drive job creation and household income. A recently released consumer purchase tracking tool shows that consumer spending ...

Missouri Agritourism Conference

Annual agritourism conference hosted by Missouri Department of Agriculture and Missouri Farm Bureau

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