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Greetings from the Northwest! Well, it’s been quite a first quarter for 2024! Against a backdrop of multi-faceted turmoil, the US economy has been strong enough to avoid a recession, despite last year’s spike in interest rates and enduring inflation. Apparently, consumers are still spending, even if it means getting...

Greetings from the Northwest! As we welcome the new year, let’s briefly consider how exceptional 2023 has been. Thanks to strong El Niño conditions in the Pacific, the drought in California has been quenched, Washington has a state new record Mahimahi (a tropical fish often associated with Hawaii), and at this point...

Greetings from the Northwest! How quickly things get back to normal; the weather, I mean, not the economy. As I begin writing this it’s a blustery and wet fall day that serves to remind me that all things, good or bad, must eventually come to an end. Of interest to us all is where our economy is headed, something...

Greetings from the Northwest! What a difference 12 weeks makes in the weather! We’ve got a great start to the summer this year, not having to suffer through the typical June downpours before a sudden seasonal shift to dry and hot; we’re already there and my lawn is suffering. Sometimes it’s nice to have simple...

Greetings from the Northwest! I’ve heard that it’s finally Spring. I’d like to see some evidence before I believe it! All of us on the West Coast would welcome a change from the cold and rain. Attempting just that, I recently spent a few days at Disneyland with my granddaughters and rarely have I been so wet, and...

Greetings from the Northwest! It’s a new year, and, I hope, a happy one! I had to check the calendar to believe that it’s been three years now since I took the helm from Jim and began writing the opening lines of these newsletters, and what a three years it’s been! It’s a matter of fact that none of us truly knows...