Archive

What Matters

Did Airbus really win last year's skirmish over airplane orders? Excluding cancellations and conversions, the European airplane maker claimed that it booked 1,111 firm orders, 82 more than Boeing.

Volume: 14 - Number: 1

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Special Topic Title: California

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

Still Standing

What does it take to knock the Puget Sound economy down? Not an aerospace slump or a troubled high-tech sector. Not escalating energy costs or a national slowdown. Not an earthquake or Boeing's decision to move its headquarters.

Volume: 9 - Number: 2

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: The Census

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

On Cue

The Puget Sound economy, playing the role of the comeback kid, has performed better during the second half of the last three decades. As if on cue, it shifted into high gear at the start of 1996.

Volume: 4 - Number: 3

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Washington Commercial Banks

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

Breakout

If the national economy holds up, the Puget Sound region stands a good chance of breaking out of its five-year pattern of sub-par growth. But much hinges upon developments at The Boeing Company, Intel Corp., and Microsoft Corporation.

Volume: 4 - Number: 1

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Regional Growth

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen