The University of Iowa’s Economic Institute is predicting good economictimes to continue for the state throughout this year and into next.Institute Director Beth Ingram.Ingram says the farm sector may have slowed the economy in 1998. She saysthe farm economy should improve.The economy in Iowa may eventually slow, but Ingram says not in the nearfuture.The institute’s report says it expects a three-point-six percent growth inthe employment rate growth in Iowa in 1999. The report says the biggestincrease in jobs will come in the service sector.