Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 10/26/18
Labor market
Wahepton Daily News: Minnesota’s unemployment rate falls to 2.8 percent
Mesabi Daily News: Unemployment rate falls as state drops 1,400 jobs
Detroit Lakes Online: Retail jobs growing in MN but employers struggle to retain workers
Red Wing Republican Eagle: Needed: Quality workers to produce quality work
Finance & Commerce: U.S. Bancorp says ‘changing business needs’ led to layoffs
Winona Post: Not ‘just doomed to min. wage’
Pioneer Press: St. Paul City Council OKs amendment to slow rollout of $15 minimum wage
Economic development
MPR News: Minneapolis Fed tackles education this week
Mining
Duluth News Tribune: Pro-mining study welcomed, mostly
KDAL: Pro Mining Rallies In Duluth And Hibbing
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.