Indiana Business Research Center

The IBRC provides and interprets economic information needed by businesses, governments and nonprofit organizations in Indiana and throughout the nation.

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Hear the perspectives of several of the state's leading economic thinkers and their 2018 forecsts for the world, nation, Indiana and your local metro area.

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IBRC News

$1.4 million grant to promote regional economic development

09/14/2017

The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded $1.4 million to IBRC and partners to apply advanced data analytics to promote regional economic development.

Succeeding in International Markets

8/29/2017

New report finds that many Indiana businesses expect Asia to become their most important region in the next 10 years.

IBRC receives award for economic development research

06/16/2017

Innovation 2.0 was one of five projects nationally recognized for excellence by C2ER.

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Carmel, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne notch biggest 2016 population gains

05/25/2017

Seven Indiana cities posted annual population increases of more than 1,000 residents in 2016.

Many Indiana communities saw slow population growth in 2016

03/23/2017

Fifty-three of the state’s 92 counties lost population from 2015 to 2016.

Life sciences industry growing in Midwest, Philadelphia

3/09/2017

In 2016, the state’s life sciences cluster employed more than 56,000 people at 1,687 companies, according to the most recent data provided to BioCrossroads by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University.