LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -
A new economic report suggests that Nebraska's economy will continue growing at a moderate pace in the next six months.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Bureau of Business Research issued a new monthly report on the state's economy Friday.
The university economists looked at six factors that help predict economic growth. They are single-family housing starts, airline passengers, initial unemployment claims, manufacturing hours, the value of the U.S. dollar and the data from a survey of Nebraska businesses.
UNL economist Eric Thompson says the only factor that suggested slower growth was the unemployment data. The building permit and manufacturing data was relatively flat, but all the other indicators suggest growth.
Thompson says the data suggests that Nebraska's economy will pick up speed later this spring into summer.
