Center for Economics and Business Research
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| Southbound border traffic into Whatcom hits 15-year high | Southbound border traffic into Whatcom County has returned to levels last seen before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Last year 15.4 million people crossed the Canada/U.S. border into Whatcom County, an 8.5 percent increase compared to 2011. It's the highest annual total since… |
2013-01-29 | |
| Real estate, car sales data indicate strong finish to 2012 | As we start closing the books on 2012, some of the local economic numbers indicate a strong end. Residential real estate agents had a busy final month to cap off what was the busiest year in terms of sales since 2007. Sales of new cars also were strong in the second half of 2012 through… |
2013-01-14 | |
| Whatcom wages jump 3.5 percent in second quarter, ranking 30th in U.S. | The fire at BP Cherry Point last February created a host of problems, but one silver lining appears to be an overall boost in local wages. During the second quarter of 2012, the average Whatcom County weekly wage was $777, an increase of 3.5 percent compared to a year earlier, according… |
2013-01-09 | |
| Border traffic into Whatcom County up 11.5 percent so far this year | Canadian border traffic into Whatcom County has increased significantly so far in 2012. The number of people traveling southbound through Whatcom's five border crossings (including Point Roberts) totaled more than 4.5 million in the first four months of the year, up 11.5 percent in… |
2012-05-31 | |
| Market Report: 2011 showed some signs of improvement in Whatcom economy | It appears 2011 was one marked by slow, steady improvement in the Whatcom County economy. |
2012-02-06 | |
| Southbound border traffic into Whatcom County the highest since 2000 | While Whatcom County residents have noted the impact of Canadian shoppers in recent years, traffic numbers indicate 2011 was the first year of significant change. |
2012-01-30 | |
| Waycross Investment Management Company adds Hart Hodges | Hart Hodges recently became a partner at Waycross Investment Management Company in Bellingham. Hodges is an associate professor in Western Washington University’s economic department and the director of the Center for Economic Business Research. He will refine the Waycross proprietary… |
2011-12-08 | |
| Europe on the mind of regional economists at Bellingham forum | The 22nd annual U.S. Bank Economic Outlook Forum, held at the Bellingham Golf & Country Club on Tuesday, Dec. 6, has traditionally focused on what is happening in the national, regional and local economy. That was still the main focus this year, but the discussion kicked off with what's… |
2011-12-08 | |
| Don't be too picky in courting new Whatcom jobs, says WWU economist | Whatcom County business and government leaders should welcome any environmentally friendly sources of new jobs, rather than rely on narrowly focused strategies based on buzzwords instead of economic realities. So says Hart Hodges, director of the Center for Economic and Business Research… |
2011-12-02 | |
| The Coal Pipeline: In Pacific Northwest, A Local Battle Has Global Fallout | The flyer and I landed in Matt Krogh's Bellingham office on the same October afternoon. I had stopped by to hear why he thought building the country's largest coal port just north of town was a bad idea; the four-page full-color mailing had arrived to try to convince him otherwise.… |
2011-11-23 |