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Building an Economy of the Future

2024-12-20T21:32:09-05:00November 20, 2022|

This report addresses Indiana’s economic challenges to help advance Indiana to a rank in GDP growth and GDP per capita that exceeds its rank among the states based on population (16th). Doing so necessitates urgency, bold actions, and investments, as it requires advancing Indiana from its current 20th rank in GDP growth rate and 31st place in GDP per capita. This ambitious strategy and action plan for Indiana and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) is designed to: Advance productivity and business growth by addressing needs for an available and appropriately skilled workforce and investment in advanced business technologies. Focus on strategic sector expansion and attraction, both in key existing industries and in new opportunity sectors. Increase new business development and entrepreneurship in Indiana rooted in R&D and innovation. Download Report

Indiana’s Economic Future Phase I Report

2024-12-20T20:06:50-05:00November 20, 2021|

The health of the economy in Indiana is critically important for all in the state. Over the past decade, the overall performance of Indiana’s economy has been on par with Indiana’s Midwestern neighbors, but still has lagged behind national GDP growth. This is demonstrated by the state’s average annual inflation-adjusted GDP growth of 1.99% for 2010-2019 compared to national growth of 2.3%. This performance ranked Indiana 20th among states across the decade. This report is the first in a planned set of two, with this first focused on visualizing the structure and trajectory of Indiana’s economy and its underlying industrial economic drivers. It also seeks to preliminarily identify the parameters that need to be addressed, and opportunities to be pursued, to generate a high-performance economic future. Ultimately the complete program of work is focused on charting a pathway forward [...]

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