Report says Wisconsin’s economic growth lagging behind rest of country

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A report by Forward Analytics, a nonpartisan research organization within the Wisconsin Counties Association that advises policymakers on issues affecting the state, said Wisconsin’s economic growth is lagging behind the rest of the country, Wisconsin Public Radio reported 

Forward Analytics looked at six indicators between 2017 and 2024, and Wisconsin was behind in labor force participation, real gross domestic product, population and household income.  

Wisconsin, though still behind many states, was still growing as far as populationGDP and the labor force, while the poverty rate is declining. The growth is just growing at a much slower pace than most other states  

As far as the real GDP, Wisconsin ranked 38th nationally. 

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