Tag: Colorado Economy
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South Metro Denver Chamber economic forecast event speakers predict positive 2023
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Business leaders and economic experts believe Colorado’s economy is on the right track heading into 2023. The South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce held its annual Economic Forecast breakfast Friday at Marriott South at Park Meadows. Panelists Henry Sobanet, the chief financial officer for Colorado…
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Northwest Colorado awarded $8.5M to economically diversify coal communities
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday awarded $8.5 million to northwest Colorado to support the region’s efforts to diversify local coal-dependent economies. The grants are part of the federal Coal Communities Commitment from the Economic Development Administration — allocating $300 million from the COVID-19 American Rescue Plan Act to support coal communities as they…
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Colorado business leaders believe recession is here, or looming: Survey says
About 80% of Colorado business leaders believe the U.S. economy has either already entered a recession or will do so by 2023, according to the Leeds Business Confidence Index survey released Wednesday by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. Pessimism oozed out of the report, which covers most of the second quarter…
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RTD offering $4,000 hiring bonus for front-line positions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Regional Transportation District is attempting to incentivize new workers by offering a $4,000 hiring bonus for front-line positions. The agency announced the bonus Thursday, saying it was impacted by the “Great Resignation” during the COVID-19 pandemic. RTD laid off around 400 employees in January…
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Report: Colorado’s new business filings up nearly 26% from 2020
Colorado’s new business filings experienced record gains in quarter two of 2021, increasing by 25.7% compared to the same quarter in 2020, according to a report released Wednesday. The Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report from the University of Colorado Boulder and Secretary of State’s Office concluded that this puts Colorado “firmly in recovery mode”…
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Report: CSU graduates make up 1 in 25 Colorado workers, over $200 million in income tax
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Colorado’s economic improvement might be slowing down: Report
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Though Colorado’s economy has been gradually improving since the COVID-19 pandemic brought it at all-time lows in March and April, that improvement might be slowing. The Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report by Secretary of State Jena Griswold and the University of Colorado Boulder found…
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Report: Colorado’s economic improvement might be slowing down
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Colorado car market begins slow recovery with 5% November registration increase
Amid a yearlong decline for the Colorado car industry, data released Thursday by the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association provides the first hint of market recovery. Colorado’s new vehicle registrations increased by 5.1% in November compared to November 2019. In the same period, light truck registrations increased by 11% and passenger car registrations decreased by 18%.…