Tag: Brian Lewandowski
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Colorado’s job growth expected to continue in 2024, report shows
Colorado’s economy will see increased job growth in 2024, economists predict, and its labor force participation is near record levels. But concerns still persist around commercial real estate, rising interest rates and inflation. That’s according to the 59th Annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook by the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder…
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Report: Job growth cooling, but economy shows ‘resilience’ in Colorado
Job growth is cooling in Colorado, and some economic challenges are being felt more acutely here than in other portions of the U.S., but other moving pieces in the local economy paint an overall resilient picture, according to a recent report. The Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report, released on Tuesday by CU Boulder’s Leeds…
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Report: Colorado business leaders remain pessimistic
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Despite an economy exceeding expectations, Colorado business leaders remain glum, new data shows. The Leeds Business Confidence Index, released Thursday, dipped slightly ahead of the final quarter of the year, with interest rates, inflation and politics cited as top concerns. The index is produced on…
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A paradox: Colorado job growth ‘cools,’ even with robust business filings, job openings
“It appears that the economy is continuing to operate at a particularly good level but there are some, I don’t know, warning signs that are out there,” an economist says
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Colorado economy slowly grows amid ‘disappointing’ first quarter nationally
Colorado’s economy crept forward during the first quarter of 2023 albeit at a slower rate than the second half of 2022, signaling to economists an earlier than expected economic slowdown this year. Economists with University of Colorado Boulder Leeds Business Research Division anticipated an economic slowdown during the second half of 2023. But a slow…
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Growing job force, less savings for Coloradans in third quarter: Report
Colorado continued to see a growing job force in the third quarter, according to a report released Tuesday by the Leeds Business Research Division at the University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold. Colorado’s employment in September increased by 4.1% year over year, the 16th best percentage increase in the nation.…
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Denver area residents grapple with inflation’s soaring costs
Volunteers and staff members packed 6,795 pounds of food into more than 120 boxes to distribute at the Food Bank of the Rockies mobile food pantry operation at the Montbello Recreation Center in Aurora on Thursday. Volunteer students from the Denver Center for International Studies at Montbello and the Noel Community Arts School at Montbello…
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Colorado economy in recovery mode, but mixed signals persist, report says
Despite a series of mixed or muddled messages, Colorado’s economy remains in strong recovery mode with the number of jobs here exceeding pre-pandemic levels, unemployment continuing to decline and strong gross domestic product growth, according to a report released Tuesday. The Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report covers the first quarter of 2022 and is…
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Survey says: Colorado business leaders cautiously optimistic
While Colorado business leaders remain optimistic and the Colorado economy is recovering faster than most other states, concerns about inflation, supply chain woes and the Ukraine-Russia conflict have dinged their confidence, according to a report issued Friday by the Colorado secretary of state and the University of Colorado in Boulder. Authors of the CU’s Leeds…
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Colorado economic indicators looking up, some concerns remain
Colorado’s strong labor force participation rate, new business filings and declining unemployment have state economists optimistic about continued recovery in the fourth quarter and 2022, according to a report issued Thursday by the Colorado secretary of state and the University of Colorado Boulder. “Today’s report illustrates that Colorado’s economy continues to improve. The state’s GDP…