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Down the Road

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.

Volume: 7 - Number: 3

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Regional Forecasting

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

Looking Both Ways

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.

Volume: 7 - Number: 2

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Growth Management

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

A Word from Boeing

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.

Volume: 7 - Number: 1

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Multipliers

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

All Shapes and Sizes

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.

Volume: 6 - Number: 4

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: The Boeing Recession

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

Some Hurdles

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.

Volume: 6 - Number: 3

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Special Topic Title: Two Washingtons

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

Hard to Beat

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.

Volume: 6 - Number: 2

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Regional Cycles

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

Still Some Questions

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.

Volume: 6 - Number: 1

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Housing Affordability

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

No Time for Pessimism

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.

Volume: 5 - Number: 4

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Boeing and Microsoft

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

Next Ten Years

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.

Volume: 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

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

Setting the Stage

Latest government figures show that the Puget Sound economy is still on course to recovery. If aircraft employment stabilizes this summer, the economy will accelerate through the rest of the year and remain relatively strong in 1995 and 1996.

Volume: 2 - Number: 2

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Special Topic Title: Employment and Migration

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen