Center for Economic and Business Research
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| Whatcom County retail sales slow down in first quarter of 2014 | Whatcom County retail sales slowed in the first three months of 2014, with a sluggish economy, a weaker Canadian dollar and the weather likely factors. |
2014-08-12 | |
| Are Whatcom County workers underpaid compared to elsewhere? | A long-held impression in Whatcom County is that wages here are lower than those in other parts of the country. |
2014-07-14 | |
| Border traffic into Whatcom tracking close to 2013 level | The latest southbound border traffic data indicates Canadians are coming into Whatcom County at a slightly slower pace than 2013. |
2014-06-13 | |
| Hart Hodges to speak at Chamber’s economic forecast event | Hart Hodges of Western Washington University will be the featured speaker at this Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s upcoming economic forecast presentation, part of the 2014 Chamber Speaker Series. |
2014-06-10 | |
| Whatcom County wages rise 6.9 percent in third quarter of 2013 | Whatcom County posted a significant jump in wages during the third quarter of 2013, according to a new federal report. The average local weekly wage was $807, a 6.9 percent increase compared to a year earlier, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It's also up 5… |
2014-03-20 | |
| Survey suggests more cross-border shoppers are staying home | The Canadian dollar’s fall in value over the past year has caused some residents north of the border to make fewer shopping trips into the U.S., according to a recent poll of people living in lower British Columbia. |
2014-03-04 | |
| Southbound border traffic up despite weaker Canadian dollar | At least for the first month of the year, the weaker Canadian dollar didn't impact the number of people traveling south into Whatcom County. According to data collected by Western Washington University's Center for Economic and Business Research, 1,129,744 people went southbound… |
2014-03-03 | |
| Census data: College students a strong influence on Whatcom migration | People moving to Whatcom County tend to be younger and poorer than the overall county population, according to the latest compilation of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. In a comparison of Washington counties, other states and foreign locations, released by the Census Bureau on Feb. 6,… |
2014-02-18 | |
| Western's Hodges to talk about economic trends Jan. 29 | Western Washington University's Hart Hodges will give a presentation on the economic trends of Whatcom County and the Seattle area. The breakfast buffet event runs from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29 and will be at the Bellingham Golf & Country Club at 3729 Meridian St… |
2014-01-27 | |
| Sinking Canadian dollar worries some Washington State businesses | As the Canadian dollar continues to dip in value, Lower Mainland residents are more inclined to stick around rather than skip across the border. And that’s beginning to cause worry for some Washington State businesses. |
2014-01-21 |