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Mainstreet Index follows ups and downs of rural economy

Gene Lucht
Sep 9, 2022
Sep 9, 2022

Ernie Goss — Ernie Goss works to try to figure out what is happening in the rural Midwest as part of the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Economic Index.
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Ernie Goss has a finger on the pulse of the economy in the Midwest, but that doesn’t mean the Creighton University economist thinks he knows exactly what is going to happen.

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