by Jan Wangler | Aug 6, 2026 | Business Briefings
What changed • Who it affects • Why it matters Statewide Business Pulse ▲ Moving: North Dakota corn and soybeans are developing faster than normal, public-project bidding remains active, and federal reports due this morning will provide a new read on worker...
by Jan Wangler | Aug 5, 2026 | Business Briefings
What changed • Who it affects • Why it matters Statewide Business Pulse ▲ Moving: Military-community investment, transportation and utility hiring, skilled-trade recruitment, and environmental reclamation contracting. ▬ Stable: The national labor market remains...
by Jan Wangler | Aug 4, 2026 | Business Briefings
What changed • Who it affects • Why it matters Statewide Business Pulse ▲ Moving: Infrastructure planning, workforce development, public contracting, and career and technical education. ▬ Stable: Demand for skilled trades, health care, manufacturing and...
by Jan Wangler | Aug 3, 2026 | Business Briefings
What changed • Who it affects • Why it matters Statewide Business Pulse ▲ Moving: State construction bidding, rural drought documentation, skilled-trade recruiting and continued consumer spending. ▬ Stable: The Federal Reserve held its main interest-rate target...
by Jan Wangler | Jul 31, 2026 | Business Briefings
What changed • Who it affects • Why it matters Statewide Business Pulse ▲ Moving: Consumer spending and business investment continued to grow nationally, although the pace of overall economic growth slowed during the second quarter. ▬ Stable: North Dakota...
by Jan Wangler | Jul 30, 2026 | Business Briefings
What changed • Who it affects • Why it matters Statewide Business Pulse ▲ Moving: Technology commercialization, apprenticeship expansion, youth career preparation and preparations for the August construction-bidding cycle. ▬ Stable: Demand for skilled...
