After Office Hours with Puget Sound Economic Forecaster

Hart and James bring in all of the research economists to discuss the latest data around unemployment, construction, rate cuts, water adjudication and what it all means for the Puget Sound economy.

The team gets together to chat about the current forecast. Are interest rates coming down? Inflation rates?

Grab your Coffee and Popcorn (it will make some sense later) and listen in on what the team has to say in this glorious summer of 2023.

Spring has sprung in our region – from Tulips in the Skagit Valley to a fresh dusting of pollen just about everywhere else. There is always such a rush of optimism when the cold dark days of winter in the Pacific Northwest yield to the random weather days of Spring – will it be sunny, warm, cold, rainy, windy or some other adjective? All we can say is our colleagues in meteorol

James, Hart, Bethany and Cam cover all the big topics affection the economy this quarter. Our population numbers are changing in a real way, what will that mean for our economy including workforce participation numbers. Bethany goes over the very real reasons some young adults are choosing to stay in their parents home while they navigate the early days of their careers. In conce

A discussion centered around the current inflation outlook and how many stories can be told from the same data. The team covers the why and how of the many views that can come from looking at the same data. Join James, Hart, Bethany and newcomer Cam for a nuanced discussion on our current outlook!

We know that everyone wants to know about inflation - so that's what we are giving you! Inflation numbers and the different metrics we use to try to identify what's really going on in the economy and how people thinking there is going to be a recession, can actually cause a recession.

Are we coming out of the COVID-19 Tunnel? The numbers a looking up, but we warn, one month doesn't make a trend. The team covers Inflation, CPI, Ukraine, Supply Chain and Housing Bubbles.