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Jobs, employers, industry, and tech in Northwest Indiana.
Constellation to add 890 MW of nuclear power to PJM grid under 20-year Google deal
Constellation Energy will invest more than $4.3 billion upgrading 11 reactors, backed by a 20-year Google power purchase agreement. The first added capacity is expected by 2028.
UChicago Medicine buys into Valparaiso with 43,500-square-foot care center
The academic health system will turn a finished but never-used Glendale Boulevard medical building into a primary, imaging, infusion and specialty care site, with a 2027 opening.
Your 2020 dollar buys about 78 cents — N3 Ledger reading the CPI
FRED’s CPIAUCSL puts the U.S. purchasing-power index at 77.6 as of August 2026, about a 22.4% drop since January 2020 — what that means for Northwest Indiana grocery carts and pay stubs.
Real hourly pay barely beats 2020 — N3 Ledger on wages after inflation
Derived real average hourly earnings sit at index 102.98 (Jan 2020 = 100). Nominal $37.75/hr is about $29.28 in early-2020 dollars — and the index slipped 0.27 points year over year.
30-year mortgage at 7.03% — N3 Ledger on housing capital costs
Freddie Mac’s MORTGAGE30US averaged 7.03% the week of Sept. 24, 2026 — far above the 2.65% trough hit in January 2021. What that rate gap means for NWI buyers and employers.
Amazon leases Crown Point fulfillment hub, pledges 500 jobs
A 1.2 million-square-foot Venture Park 65 site on the I-65 corridor will handle large-format inventory, with operations eyed for 2027 and hiring a month or two before open.