Unlike Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville and the Rest of Indiana, the South Bend/Elkhart Area Experienced an Earnings Renaissance Spurred By The Elkhart Economic Miracle ..... Total Audited Earnings of the 7 Publicly-Held South Bend/Elkhart Area Companies For 2015 Were Up 10% Over 2014, Up 38% Over 2013, Up 69% Over 2012, Up 137% Over 2011, Up 179% Over 2010 and Up 1,129% Over 2009 ..... Whatever the US, State and Local Governments Did to Help the Elkhart Area Should Be Repeated All Over the US ..... Just Saying!

From both the superb Google Finance website and US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations, Audited By One of the Prestigious Big 4 CPA Firms, for the most recent Annual Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2015 and also for 2009 Through 2014 for each of the 7 Publicly-Held South Bend/Elkhart, Indiana Area HQed Companies:

				Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual
				2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
				Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
			Most	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
	City	State	Recent	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
	HQs	HQs	FYE	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
South Bend/Elkhart Area Companies
Thor Industries	Elkhart	IN	Jul 15	202	176	152	111	92	91	2
Drew Industries Inc	Elkhart	IN	Dec 15	74	62	50	37	30	28	(24)
1st Source Corp	South Bend	IN	Dec 15	57	58	55	50	48	41	25
Patrick Industries Inc	Elkhart	IN	Dec 15	42	31	24	28	8	1	(5)
Supreme Industries	Goshen	IN	Dec 15	13	8	11	12	3	(10)	(6)
CTS Corp	Elkhart	IN	Dec 15	7	27	2	13	11	18	(15)
Skyline Corp	Elkhart	IN	May 15	(4)	(7)	(11)	(19)	(27)	(29)	(15)
Total all 7 South Bend Area Companies				391	355	283	232	165	140	(38)
2015 Total Earnings % Increase Over:
……….2014				10%
……….2013				38%
……….2012				69%
……….2011				137%
……….2010				179%
……….2009				1129%

Company Earnings Don't Just Drive Stock Market Prices, But Also Unemployment Rates.  Elkhart County, Indiana had an Unemployment Rate of 20.2% in March 2009.  It hit a low of 3.4% in September 2015 and it is now 4.3% in March 2016.