Second Quarter of 2018 Business and Economic Indicators

August 21, 2018

The Composite Index of Business and Economic Indicators of the Peoria-Pekin Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA; Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Stark and Marshall counties) continued its positive performance during the second quarter of 2018, with a second quarter Index score of 101.9, a level that is 1.9% above the base period of the first quarter of 2010, and up 0.1% from the previous quarter and the year before.

Faculty and staff of the Departments of Economics and Management and Leadership of the Foster College of Business at Bradley University review more than 30 diverse business indicators in the preparation of these quarterly assessments.

A complete analysis of these data may be found here.