OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – While the Mid America economy is showing signs of improvement, more needs to be done to hold on to that growth.

Ernie Goss, of Creighton University in Omaha, says a coronavirus vaccine is crucial.

Goss says the extra federal unemployment benefit needs to end.

Goss says that extra payment has contributed to the slow growth of the economy.

Goss conducts the monthly survey of business managers in the nine state Mid America region from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas.