Is our highly touted economy, on the eve of hosting 5,000 delegates to the World Trade Organization conference, suddenly falling apart? The answer is no, at least not in the short term
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Special Topic Title: International Trade
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Despite bumps along the way, the Puget Sound economy has enjoyed a good ride. Since 1970 employment has expanded at an average annual rate of 3.3 percent, faster than the 2.1 percent national rate.
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Special Topic Title: Regional Forecasting
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While economic analysts trained their eyes on the financial turmoil in Asia, they failed to see an equally significant development at home: the drop in the personal savings rate to zero and the consequent jump in consumption.
Download the NewsletterVolume: 7 - Number: 2
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Special Topic Title: Growth Management
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The word was not good. Last December Boeing announced that, because of Asian economic woes and the slowing growth of world air travel, it would reduce airplane production from 620 this year to 490 next year and slash company employment by 48,000, 20,000 more than previously planned.
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Special Topic Title: Multipliers
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Recessions come in all shapes and sizes. The Boeing Recession of 1970-71, the worst economic calamity since the Great Depression, wiped out one-ninth of the jobs in King and Snohomish counties.
Download the NewsletterVolume: 6 - Number: 4
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Special Topic Title: The Boeing Recession
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Looking down the track, the Puget Sound economy has some hurdles to jump, not the least of which is an impending slowdown in the national economy.
Download the NewsletterVolume: 6 - Number: 3
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Special Topic Title: Two Washingtons
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The Economist, the highly respected British magazine, has written many favorable words about the greater Seattle area over the years. But rarely has such praise been more deserving than now: the economy is simply hard to beat.
Download the NewsletterVolume: 6 - Number: 2
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Special Topic Title: Regional Cycles
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In spite of much turmoil--a volatile stock market, the Asian flu, red ink at Boeing, and anti-trust investigations at Microsoft--nothing has changed, or so it seems.
Download the NewsletterVolume: 6 - Number: 1
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Special Topic Title: Housing Affordability
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One trait of a pessimist is the ability to worry during good times. Up to a point, this may be practical. Taken too far, it can lead to missed opportunities.
Download the NewsletterVolume: 5 - Number: 4
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Special Topic Title: Boeing and Microsoft
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The Puget Sound economy is in excellent health, according to mid-way figures for 1997. At the start of the year, following reports that Boeing would add thousands more to its work force, we predicted that business and government would create 33,500 jobs during the first and second quarters.
Download the NewsletterVolume: 5 - Number: 3
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Special Topic Title: U.S. economy, consumer confidence, Growth Management Act, multi-family housing, Pacific Northwest economy, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska
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