Trends and Developments Concerning Washington Public Labor Contracts
By Jim Cline
The February “Economic and Revenue Update” from the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council provides a good summary of the recent rounds of good economic news both nationally and locally. The key findings by the Revenue Council include that on the national level:
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
In our last blog we reported that the Seattle CPI-W index had dipped slightly to fall closer in line with the national (All-Cities) index. The June Seattle Index was reported at 2.2 while the All-Cities index was 2.0%.
by Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
The one CPI Report that most heavily influences the course of negotiations is the June CPI Report and it was just released this last week.
