The Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) is an award-winning economic policy and forecasting research center housed within Ball State University's Miller College of Business. CBER research encompasses health care, public finance, regional economics, transportation, and energy sector studies. View CBER's current studies and publications. 

The center produces the CBER Data Center—a one-stop shop for economic data, policy analysis, and regional demographics—and the Indiana Business Bulletin—a weekly newsletter with commentary on current issues and regularly updated data on housing, wages, employment, and dozens of other economic indicators.

In addition to research and data delivery, the center serves as the business forecasting authority in the Muncie area—holding the annual Indiana Economic Outlook luncheon and quarterly meetings of the Ball State University Business Roundtable.

 

Ball State's Center for Business and Economic Research is an award-winning member of the Association for University Business and Economic Research.  Since 1947, AUBER members engage in a diverse array of applied economic research and provide their communities with public presentations, forums, economic forecasts, and workshops in areas of interest to the business community.