Barring relief, some employers fear recently-implemented unemployment tax increases could be the final straw that puts them out of business permanently.

Experts here say that while financial institutions have seen increases in loans and deposits in 2020, they could feel the squeeze of low interest rates in 2021. In March, the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered the federal fund rate-the benchmark interest

Vange Ocasio Hochheimer teaches economics at Whitworth University, but the roots she's put down in Spokane over the past decade extend beyond the university's campus. Ocasio Hochheimer spent much of her childhood in Puerto Rico. As an adult, she

More than $786 million went to 6,755 businesses in Spokane County through the federal Paycheck Protection Program, according to detailed data released earlier this month by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The disclosure comes after several

With a year of economic disruption and upheaval almost in the books, it's clear Spokane businesses already have done much to adjust to the pandemic and plan for the future. Yet staying competitive in the year ahead will require continued vigilance

Coeur d'Alene-based Five Pine Wealth Management has seen strong growth over the last year, having more than doubled its annual revenue this year compared with 2019.

Proposed federal legislation some are calling SECURE Act 2.0 likely would encourage saving for retirement by expanding on legislation passed in 2019, local financial consultants and planners say.

The notion that two of the Inland Northwest's publicly-traded companies, one that manufactures wood products and the other that makes paper products, would see a surge in demand during a pandemic may once have seemed hard to fathom.