I have produced annual economic reviews and forecasts for the Inland Northwest for 42 years, and in those four-plus decades I have never been less certain about where the data I follow is pointing. Last year in this space I questioned, “Why, when so many traditional economic indicators looked so positive, are we were not feeling better about the state of our local/regional economy?”
Comedian Gilda Radner's character Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say in the face of problems 'it's always something.†Certainly, this year, something always seemed to be roiling the economic waters, which are unlikely to calm in 2023.