Statewide, Iowa (RI) – A monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of Iowa and other Midwest states indicates the region’s economy has dipped to its lowest level since May of 2020.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss conducts the survey and issues a Mid-America Mainstreet Index each month.
Goss says a firm majority of the bankers indicated President Trump’s approach to trade with China is about right, but nearly 85 percent of the bankers surveyed support emergency federal payments to farmers due to the financial hit of trade losses…