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The lead should probably read "Not Letting Go," since we seem reluctant to release the brakes on the economy and let it roll. The U.S. economy has made progress since the trough of the Great Recession in 2009, but the recovery has been painfully slow. After a six-year hiatus, employment is just now returning to its pre-recession peak. [READ MORE]

Typically, it takes more than one thing to lift an economy up or drag it down. In 1997, boosted by strong national growth, a cyclical upturn at Boeing, and the dot-com boom, Puget Sound employment jumped 5.1 percent. [READ MORE]

The 4,000 additional layoffs announced by Boeing and Weyerhaeuser will deepen the recession and delay the recovery. Nevertheless, it appears that the worst may be over. [READ MORE]

At the risk of being accused of shirking our duty, we present pretty much the same forecast as last time. In fact, the projected Puget Sound employment growth rates are exactly the same: 5.0 percent in 1997 and 3.5 percent in 1998. [READ MORE]

After failing to negotiate a new contract with The Boeing Company, 22,500 aerospace machinists walked off the job in October. Each week, the striking workers forfeit $18 million in wages. [READ MORE]