News published on Business Daily in September 2019

News from September 2019


Arizona businesses can go head-to-head with any foreign competitor – and win. Yet, our state’s businesses are missing a critical tool in their arsenal that would help them win more deals: the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank.

The estimated sales for food and beverage stores for June 2019 was $64.8 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

The estimated sales for grocery stores for June 2019 was $58 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Idaho collected $4 million in miscellaneous tax revenue during the first quarter of 2019, a 300 percent increase over the previous quarter when $1 million was reported, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Construction spending on communication structures for June 2019 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $23.17 billion, a 5.2 percent decrease from the same period a year earlier, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report, which was released on Aug. 6.

Unfilled orders for ships and boats decreased $47 million, or 0.1 percent, to $31.49 billion in April, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report before released in August.

Revenue for transportation and warehousing services across the U.S. was $249.1 billion for the 1st quarter of 2019.

Jackson County Bank in Seymour, Indiana has been rated as "satisfactory" by federal regulators.

Construction spending by the public sector on sewage and waste disposal structures for May 2019 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $26.5 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in August.

Inventories held by hardware and plumbing and heading equipment and supplies wholesalers in June were valued at $27.6 billion, a decrease of 0.6 percent from the revised May 2019 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The estimated sales for grocery stores for June 2019 was $58 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Of the $15.3 billion in taxes collected by Arizona in 2017, 1.4 percent, or, $216 million, came from motor vehicle license, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Unfilled orders for ships and boats decreased $47 million, or 0.1 percent, to $31.49 billion in April, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report before released in August.

Construction spending by the public sector on sewage and waste disposal structures for May 2019 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $26.5 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in August.

Sales by lumber and other construction materials wholesalers in June were $11.8 billion, an increase of 1.9 percent from the revised May 2019 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Revenue for scientific research and development services industries across the U.S. was $46.2 billion for the 1st quarter of 2019, a 3.4 percent increase over the previous quarter.

Wayne Bank & Trust in Cambridge City, Indiana received its last CRA evaluation from federal regulators on May 2, 2016.

Of the $19.4 billion in taxes collected by Indiana in 2018, 1.3 percent, or, $252 million, came from motor vehicle operators license, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Construction spending on communication structures for June 2019 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $23.17 billion, a 5.2 percent decrease from the same period a year earlier, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report, which was released on Aug. 6.

Inventories held by machinery, equipment and supplies wholesalers in June were valued at $110.8 billion, an increase of 0.7 percent from the revised May 2019 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.