King Banaian and his fellow St. Cloud State University economists have been making sense of ups and downs in the local business climate for a quarter of a century via their much-anticipated St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report (QBR).
The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) recently announced that St. Cloud State University Professor of Economics Monica García-Pérez has received the 2022 ASHE Individual Service Award for the work she has devoted to ASHE.
Co-authors of the St. Cloud area at the Quarterly Business Report (QBR) King Banaian and Mana Komai Molle discussed strong employment at the Sauk Rapids Government Center on Sept. 15.
The St. Cloud State Quarterly Business Report Review (QBR) presented its second quarter findings to an in-person and virtual audience at St. Cloud City Hall on June 16.
WJON — St. Cloud State Economist King Banaian joined me on WJON today. King says the gas prices dropping below $2.00 a gallon is an indication that the summer travel season is over and that less people will be doing driving vacations anytime soon. He says many Minnesotans chose to do their “holidays” within driving
ST. CLOUD TIMES — While some sectors of the local economy continue to be devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, many area firms are now beginning to recuperate from this spring’s shock waves. Overall, local employment was 3.1% lower in July 2020 than it was one year earlier, but this is a clear improvement from what was seen
WJON — St. Cloud State Economist and Dean, School of Public Affairs King Banaian joined me on WJON today. He indicates that he expects our current low interest rates to continue for the next 2 years. He says many people have refinanced their homes and can continue to do so. King says the local housing market continues
For the first time in the St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report’s (QBR) 22 year history, St. Cloud State economists King Banaian and Rich MacDonald (co-authors since 2004) presented survey results and the state of the local economy virtually.
Since professor of economics Lynn MacDonald began facilitating the economics reading group in 2008, she has met with students in person, over dinner, at a local restaurant – hard copies of that week’s book in hand.
In early spring of 2020 the reading group had to be re-imagined due to COVID-19.
ST. CLOUD TIMES — Events associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have driven the local economy into recession. As has been seen throughout the U.S. (and the world), the temporary closing of many area businesses has caused an economic shock that has torn through the entire economy. Nearly all data measures have turned south as the human
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