Center for Economics and Business Research
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| Bellingham's City Club to host presentation on local economic development | Bellingham City Club will host a presentation about local economic development at its upcoming monthly meeting. |
2011-11-22 | |
| October a busy start to fourth quarter in Whatcom County | October was a busy start to the fourth quarter of 2011 in terms of economic activity in Whatcom County. |
2011-11-07 | |
| Border traffic into Whatcom County up 16.2 percent over 2010 | Southbound border traffic into Whatcom County has increased significantly in the past year but is still well below numbers posted before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. |
2011-11-02 | |
| Canadian spending helping Whatcom 2011 retail economy | Consumer spending could be a key wildcard when it comes to an economic recovery. Reports released last week indicate consumers are starting to spend money, both nationally and locally. On the national level, revenue retail reports indicate consumer spending in March was 2 percent higher… |
2011-04-11 | |
| Canadian travel into Whatcom County on the rise | While still nowhere near the levels before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, local border traffic rose significantly in 2010. Last year 11.8 million people traveled southbound into Whatcom County from Canada, an 8.3 per cent increase from 2009 and the highest annual total since 2001. The… |
2011-02-22 | |
| Everett Chamber hears tough talk on local economy | You know things are bad when the chamber of commerce holds its annual economic forecast luncheon without an actual forecast. That’s what happened Thursday for the Everett-area chamber. “I don’t want to make a forecast right now,” keynote speaker Hart Hodges said. “It’s too tricky… |
2010-11-19 | |
| What lies ahead for the area's economy? | The Everett Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes back Hart Hodges, director of the Center for Economic and Business Research at Western Washington University, for a look at economic trends, challenges and emerging opportunities for Snohomish County, the region and state from a national and local… |
2010-11-10 | |
| Tax break for Canadians could hammer Whatcom County governments | "Local governments in Whatcom County reacted with shock Tuesday, June 8, to an announcement from the Washington Department of Revenue that British Columbia residents will soon be entitled to an exemption from state and local sales taxes on merchandise." |
2010-06-09 | |
| 2009 was tough for Whatcom County retailers, but 2010 may be better | "The numbers are in, and they prove what people already knew: Many Whatcom County retailers took a shellacking in 2009. Overall retail sales in Whatcom County totaled $2.86 billion last year, the lowest total since 2005. Retail trade, which focuses on items sold in stores, totaled $1… |
2010-05-10 | |
| Wage stagnation a drag on Whatcom Co. economic recovery | "While looking for signs of an economic recovery, don't expect a sudden uptick in consumer spending anytime soon -- household income has been stagnant at best. The Washington State Office of Financial Management recently updated its estimates of median household income - the… |
2010-04-26 |