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The Pacific Northwest’s robust economy is forecast to continue to outperform over the next few years. A large presence of...
Research Briefing
The Pacific Northwest’s robust economy is forecast to continue to outperform over the next few years. A large presence of...
Consumer spending growth will remain resilient this year. Supported by rising real incomes, consumer spending growth is forecast to average...
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President Biden's decision to withdraw as a candidate caps a string of major political events that has roiled the 2024...
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The economy underwhelmed in the first half of the year while it transitioned to a more sustainable pace of growth,...
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President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the election doesn’t warrant any immediate changes to our election scenarios nor...
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Announced tariff increases by the US and EU on made-in-China EVs, if implemented, will increase EV prices and reduce demand....
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The unemployment rate is on the rise and has caught the attention of the Federal Reserve and financial markets. We...
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Indianapolis saw healthier job growth than most of its Midwest peers in the first half of the year. Industries that...
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Although Minneapolis added jobs in the first half of 2024 at a pace that exceeded the US average, it shed...
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Each month, we forecast the dozens of price categories that underlie the consumer price index, and our forecast is for...
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A Democratic sweep of the 2024 presidential and congressional elections would mean major changes to social benefits programs and tax...
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Although GDP growth has and will continue to cool somewhat in 2024 and 2025, considerable momentum remains in the economy...
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The economy slowed following the strong gains in the second half of last year, as it settled into a more...
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Over the last three decades, new data centre construction has surged and there are no signs that growth will abate...
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The recent increase in the unemployment rate is less threatening than it appears as it is limited in scope across...
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Recession fears are overdone and premature. The economic data has generally come in weaker than expected, but this is not...
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Industrial property has delivered higher returns than all other property types over the last few years. We forecast that this...
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Some market participants are raising concerns over a fall in demand for US Treasuries from Japanese investors amid higher domestic...
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Close observers of the economy this week had to digest a bevy of indicators that provided mixed signals on the...
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The strength of the US dollar looks likely to continue this year and into 2025 before possibly waning in 2026,...