Economy

There’s no single reason why early stage financing in Wisconsin soared to new heights in 2021.

Among the 97 Milwaukee area businesses surveyed by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, 80% expect to see sales increases in 2022 and 69% expect to see profits rise.

Three industry experts and an economist this morning shared their outlooks for 2022 at the annual BizTimes Milwaukee Economic Trends Event.

The U.S. and global economies have been under severe stress since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March...

If the labor market was tight before the pandemic, it is even tighter now and the challenges are more...

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.8% in December, a record low, but the state’s total private sector employment remains...

Wisconsin residents saw an increase in taxes paid as a percentage of personal income in 2021 as a surge in economic activity following the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic grew collections faster than income rose, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum.

Wisconsin’s two largest cities remained among the top 15 destinations for one-way U-Haul trips, a gauge of migration published annually by the moving truck company.

The biggest southeastern Wisconsin business stories of 2021.

In the middle of the year, the chief executive officers of Wisconsin banks were split on the outlook for...