Economy

There are a lot of public construction projects underway in Missoula right now that involve steel, a commodity that has taken center stage in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China.

On Wednesday, April 4, China released a list of 106 proposed tariffs on U.S. goods and although most of the country was buzzing about the 25 percent tariff on soybeans, the commodities that have Montana producers most concerned are durum wheat and beef products

An hour before sunrise on Saturday, thousands of hunters will be looking for deer and elk throughout Montana, as the general rifle season gets underway.

This week, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis published its second quarter 2016 Personal Income Growth figures for all fifty states

The 2016 spring fishing season is underway in Montana, and with it, nearly $1 billion in revenue for Montana.

A recent study by the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research finds that manufacturers across the state are optimistic about 2016, but not quite as enthusiastic than they were about 2015.

There were more out-of-state visitors to Montana in 2015, but overall, they spent less money than the previous year, according to a new report from the University of Montana Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research.

Economist Patrick Barkey from the Bureau of Business and Economic Research says that the predicted growth rate for the Montana economy isn’t as rosy as predicted a year and a half ago.

A research study recently conducted at the University of Montana found that nonresident travel and tourist spending continues to increase in the Treasure State.

A new study by the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research shows a boom in the state’s high tech sector.

Montana's minimum wage is scheduled to jump and will soon be one of the top ten minimum wage paying states in the country.

In case you were wondering how much tourism means to the state of Montana in jobs and revenue, the numbers just released for 2013 should convince you.