The St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report presents a quarterly analysis of economic and business conditions in the St. Cloud (Minnesota) region. It includes an Executive Summary, an analysis of the results of the St. Cloud Area Business Outlook Survey, the St. Cloud Index of Leading Economic Indicators, a recession probability index for the St. Cloud area (until 2018), and a discussion of local data. The St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report is produced by St. Cloud State's Center for Policy Research and Community Engagement and the Herberger Business School’s Department of Economics. Collaborating partners in the funding, design, editing, and/or publication of the report have included the St. Cloud Area Economic Development Partnership, the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation, and Times Media. Print editions of the report have appeared in ROI Central Minnesota as a special section in the St. Cloud Times, and currently online and in print for St. Cloud Live. Authors have included several St. Cloud State Economics professors including Mark Partridge, King Banaian, Richard A. MacDonald, and Mana Komai Molle.
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