Iowa’s ‘Rural Mainstreet Index’ up in August, but bankers see dip in hiring, land prices

Rural bank executives in Iowa and nine surrounding states surveyed monthly by Creighton University see economic improvement in August compared to July. Creighton’s “Rural Mainstreet Index” for Iowa advanced nearly five points, but the Iowa bank CEOs surveyed indicated a slight downturn in hiring and a drop in farmland prices in August compared to July. […]

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