(BEAVER DAM) Economic conditions in Dodge County are better\u00a0than\u00a0most places.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0according to Wisconsin Department of Revenue Chief Economist John Koskinen. He says much of the United States and the world is dealing with economic insecurity.\u00a0Koskinen says the U.S. in particular is dealing with significant budget and trade deficits.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have far lower exposure to those (economic) dislocations,\u201d\u00a0said Koskinen. \u201cBest of\u00a0all\u00a0we have\u00a0substantially improved\u00a0our competitiveness. Our labor force is what\u00a0what\u00a0puts us in a solid position to outperform the rest of the U.S. Dodge County is an\u00a0exmplar\u00a0of most of those improvements.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unemployment in Dodge County is\u00a02.7%<\/a>,\u00a0lower than the national average\u00a0of 4.3%.\u00a0Housing is more affordable, too. The median sale price for a Dodge County home is approximately $279,000<\/a>, while the national median price is\u00a0$430,387<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Koskinen spoke at\u00a0Thursday\u2019s Economic Update Luncheon put on by the Beaver Dam Chamber and Visitor Bureau.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(BEAVER DAM) Economic conditions in Dodge County are better\u00a0than\u00a0most places.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0according to Wisconsin Department of Revenue Chief Economist John…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-293463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}