Economy

Drawing on strong hiring outlook in the Madison area, Wisconsin tied with Rhode Island for the best hiring outlook in the country headed into the second quarter in the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

Wisconsin companies exported $20.5 billion in goods in 2020, a 5.4% drop from the prior year and the lowest annual total since 2010.

The vast majority of metro Milwaukee business leaders are optimistic about how their businesses will perform this year, according to the quarterly Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.

Wisconsin had the nation’s 18th worst private sector job loss from November 2019 to November 2020, according to the...

The number and percentage of workers represented by a union in Wisconsin hit the highest levels since 2014, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate increased to 5.5% in December, even as the state added 19,200 private sector jobs compared to the previous month.

Around 10.2% of Wisconsinites’ income went to state and local taxes in the 2020 fiscal year, the lowest level since at least 1970, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum.

Wisconsin’s exports declined 7% in the first 11 months of the year, but had trended positively for several months after plummeting in April and May as the COVID-19 pandemic set in.

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce set specific targets for increased hiring and promotion of minorities as part of its Region of Choice initiative, which was launched in the fall of 2019.

The Waukesha County Center for Growth announced Tuesday that it has named Judie Taylor its new executive director of economic development.