Success in the modern world requires a clear and rehearsed national and global plan of action. Unfortunately, despite warnings from people like President G.W. Bush in 2005, Bill Gates in 2015 and many health experts around the world, our response to this black swan has been to bury our collective head in the sand.
The focus in economic development appears to be shifting. It’s not jobs per se that set off the economic development dynamic. It’s putting more money in peoples’ pockets, especially after taxes and housing costs. In some cases, this may be better-paying jobs, and in other cases, it might be part-time earnings or health benefits.
Education, infrastructure development, economic incentives and sensible regulation will all play a part in helping manufacturing businesses grow and thrive in Colorado.
For years, Westerners have struggled with the notion that policy decisions that impact them so squarely is mandated to them from unelected, career bureaucrats in Washington DC, more than 1,500 miles away.
There isn’t day that goes by now that you don’t hear about the continuing spread of the coronavirus and the markets, of course, are reacting to this bad news. As an investor, what are you supposed to do? Sell everything and park your cash in treasury bills or ride things out and hope things get better soon?
If you were feeling confident that the United States government and its states’ governments were prepared for the 2020 presidential elections, then the Iowa caucus on Feb. 3, 2020 might have upset your sense of ease. Their election problems stemmed from the one area we need to focus more on — technology.
ColoradoBiz spoke to Perino to get a look at the 2020 election from the frontlines, hear her insights into how the primary could affect the state and learn more about this historic election year.
The United States economy is entering 2020 with some very good momentum. The country is now in the eleventh year of economic expansion, and the economy continues to show a lot of resilience amidst challenges. However, the risk for a recession over the next 18 months is more elevated than any time since 2007. But what does this mean for Colorado businesses?
The conversations between the Front Range, where most of the demand originates, and the Western Slope, where most of the water flows, have a long history where trust ebbs and flows.
Denver- and New York City-based impact investing advisory firm Cornerstone Capital is helping its clients invest in companies that align with their opinions and in economies that support the future they see. Here’s why impact investing is on the rise, what economies its rising in and how Cornerstone is measuring the impacts that companies have.
In recent months, there’s been much talk about a looming recession. And whenever there’s mention of another recession, millennials get embroiled in disastrous scenarios.
After the current trade war subsides, the United States will thrive based upon two compelling and durable strengths: economic freedom and innovation.
It was the first pessimistic outlook recorded by the survey since the second quarter of 2011 and the lowest index value since the end of the recession.
By first understanding and evaluating the wage gap that exists between men and women in Colorado, businesses and individuals alike can take the appropriate actions to remedy and resolve the gap.
Startup Week is an indication of Denver’s strong commercial muscle, but the city’s rapid growth is accompanied and checked by the visible realities of gentrification and displacement.
Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Councilwoman Robin Kniech are proposing the minimum wage hike. This is the result of new legislation, HB19-1210, which gives local governments the authority to set a citywide minimum wage greater than the state constitutional wage.
In recent election cycles, Colorado (and Denver) have consistently boasted some of the highest voter turnouts in the country. In the 2018 midterm election, the state was ranked at No.2, second only to Minnesota, with 61.9% of eligible voters casting a ballot.
Based on Reuters analysis of federal data, Denver ranked as one of the top twenty superstar cities in the U.S., but this might not be a good thing. Following the 2007-2009 recession, the spoils of growth have been divided as some cities thrive and others languish.
The Remote Rural Work Program kicked off in July to provide additional tax incentives to companies bringing 20 new jobs to the state and hiring at least one remote worker. The aim is to help disperse job-growth prosperity into rural areas.
Last week, the Colorado Business Roundtable brought together industry stakeholders to discuss the issues surrounding outdoor recreation. The panel discussion included members from the Outdoor Industry Association, Colorado’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the Western Governor’s Alliance and the Western Energy Alliance — all of which call Colorado home.
The reason the Federal Reserve is so effective and powerful is because of its political independence. The markets react to what the chair of the Federal Reserve says and in past crises, the Fed’s actions have provided a calming influence when markets panicked.
Nearly 550,000 immigrants – or 10% of the state population – call Colorado home. They pay nearly $4.2 billion in local, state and federal taxes and hold nearly $13 billion in spending power.
On May 10, trade tensions between the United States and China escalated with the U.S. raising tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
The city is moving to re-brand itself as the renewable energy hub of not just Colorado, but more grandly yet, the southwestern United States, as big money slides into the effort to decarbonize the economy
