...northwestern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula. The Minneapolis Fed said nonfarm unemployment next year is expected to...than normal in all states except South Dakota. The Minneapolis Fed bases its annual economic forecast on statistical...

...continued growth of the state's economy. "Based on the Minneapolis Fed's statistical model, employment in Minnesota is...percent."Toby Madden, regional economist at the Minneapolis Fed, said the state's economy continued an upward trend...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota unemployment is expected to grow slightly next year, but Art Rolnick doesn't seem to mind.

...above normal levels,'' said Tobias Madden, regional economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Fed surveyed 103 bankers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. ''Lenders are requiring more collateral...

...regional economic research and is a co-author of the Minneapolis Fed's "Beige Book" report on current economic conditions...and The Region, two periodicals published by the Minneapolis Fed. Rob Grunewald He co-authored "Early Childhood...

...expected revenues to drop. The survey asked 122 former Minneapolis Fed directors and members of the bank's Advisory Council...about the tragedy's impact on their companies. The Minneapolis Fed received 50 faxed responses. Almost one in five expected...

...percent of the bankers reported a decrease in customers' farm income, while only 2 percent noted an increase, the Minneapolis Fed said. In Minnesota, 49 percent saw lower incomes; in North Dakota, 54 percent; in Montana, 56 percent and in...

...seemed to agree: ''It won't do a great deal,'' said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist of Wells Fargo & Co. in Minneapolis. Fed policymakers appeared to acknowledge as much in a statement accompanying their rate decision. Despite raising rates...