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Articles Tagged with ''economy''

Letters to the Editor: September 2017

September 11, 2017

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Mechanical skills are making a comeback

Morris Beschloss
August 29, 2017

Job openings are going unfilled in the trades, creating opportunities for workers.


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Are brick-and-mortar stores in peril?

Morris Beschloss
July 26, 2017

The success of Amazon is changing the way people shop for goods and services.


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Are the trades returning to economic prominence?

Morris Beschloss
June 28, 2017

The stigma attached to trade professions is waning as job demand grows.


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Homeownership, labor shortages influence economic growth

Morris Beschloss
May 19, 2017

One-third of small businesses are increasing pay to maintain needed staff.


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Total U.S. construction starts pull back in first quarter 2017

May 18, 2017

ConstructConnect’s Quarterly Forecast Report showed the non-residential building outlook has been revised to no growth in 2017.


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Why independent business development is coming back

Morris Beschloss
April 28, 2017

The Trump Administration has ambitious goals for small business growth.


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It's 'America first' in 2017

Will ‘produce/buy American’ prove economically successful?
Morris Beschloss
March 29, 2017

What may have gotten lost in the tug-of-war of presidential campaign resolutions has been President Trump’s plan to shift America firmly into an internal economic powerhouse.


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Is the US economy poised for economic growth in 2017?

Morris Beschloss
February 13, 2017

When the broad U.S. stock market set new records in the wake of President Trump’s election on Nov. 8, 2016, it went against the so-called experts’ predictions, which expected just the opposite.


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Real estate likely to taper off in 2017

With both private housing and multi-story apartment buildings reaching record levels in development, rentals and sales since the 2011 end of the Great Recession, it’s questionable as to whether these red-hot levels can be maintained.
Morris Beschloss
January 25, 2017

Commercial and residential real estate is expected to slow in the New Year.


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