For the first seven months of 2018, passenger traffic at General Mitchell International Airport was up
3.4%
from the same period in 2017.
The Milwaukee-area manufacturing index for August was
64.63.
Any reading greater than 50 indicates growth in the sector.
Attendance at the Wisconsin State Fair was up 1% this year, reaching a new record of
1,037,982.
Wisconsin’s economy added
28,400
private-sector jobs during the first seven months of the year.
Home sales in the metro Milwaukee area were up
1.5%
in the first seven months of the year, compared to the same period in 2017.