
St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report
Publication Title
St. Cloud Live
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2025
Abstract
The St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Survey showed new optimism of area business leaders in a survey given after the 2024 presidential election. Other indicators were mixed, however. Leading economic indicators predicts weak growth in the first half of 2025. 44% of survey respondents said their labor costs rose faster than the costs of their inputs and that both grew faster than prices received for their products or services. Only 13% saw their product’s prices rise faster than their costs. 26% reported that their employees were seeking higher salaries by bringing their employers competing job offers. The St. Cloud Stock Price Index reached a new high on the last trading day of November, 2024.
Recommended Citation
Banaian, King and Komai Molle, Mana, "St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report, Vol. 26, No. 4" (2025). St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report. 105.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/scqbr/105
Comments
Quarter 4 of 2024