From the Editor.

• Position: Notes on the sources for economic forecasts - Brief Article - Editorial

From the Editor:

The forecasts provided here were written in the last months of 2000 by a cadre of university economists throughout Indiana. Their conclusions are based on long-term trends in the national, international, state and local economies. Keep this fact in mind as you read these outlooks on 2001, even while you hear the media humming in your ear about the slowing economy. It's the long term that counts.

As you read these 19 articles, you may want to explore some of the economic data as it unravels through the year. The Internet provides us with an opportunity to share data in an immediate fashion. Key sources for Indiana indicators will be STATS Indiana (www.stats.indiana.edu), the Center for Econometric Model Research (www...