Denver inflation falls but is still higher than the nation. Plus: Housing prices dip, more Coloradans are working and wages are growing. But slower.
Common Sense Institute
Posted inEconomy
What’s Working: Denver inflation slows to 7.7%, which is still historically high
Coloradans spent an average of $850 more last month due to inflation, according to one estimate. Plus: CSU researchers say housing prices need to drop 32% for affordability, Starbucks closes unionized store, more!
Posted inBusiness
What’s Working: Older Coloradans are returning to work, and inflation may be to blame
Other reasons for the rising 55+ workforce include demographics, less-ageist employers and, of course, the state’s still-tight labor market.
Posted inBusiness, Economy, News
What’s Working: Coloradans feel inflation’s pain, make compromises on food and travel
Colorado’s 2022 began with grocery store employees at King Soopers from Colorado Springs to Denver voting to strike. Workers did, gained a ton of public support and ended up with a new contract that will lift pay for some workers by $5 an hour in the next three years. It was the start of what’s […]
Posted inBusiness, Economy, News
What’s Working: People are quitting their jobs in record numbers. Here’s what happened in Colorado.
The latest job report caught many, many, many people’s attention because of this sentence: “The quits rate increased to a series high of 2.9%.” That’s from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics summary of its August Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, aka JOLTS. In other words, it was the highest rate since JOLTS began […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: A Colorado public option for health care is a backwards step
Health care is both critically important and far too expensive. It is a problem that Colorado businesses and individual Coloradans struggle with, and one that we’re committed to helping solve. However, House Bill 1232, a proposal before the state legislature to create a new government-run health plan, is the wrong approach. Full of big and […]