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SALT LAKE CITY Utah leaders and economic experts looked ahead Tuesday to recovery and growing pains in 2021 after a year when the state gained thousands of new residents but lost nearly as many jobs.
Utah is poised for an economic rebound this year, said Natalie Gochnour, director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, speaking at the Salt Lake Chamber’s annual Utah Economic Outlook and Public Policy Summit in downtown Salt Lake City.
“Unemployment will get lower, total wages will grow more and taxable sales will be higher. Those are our forecasts,” Gochnour said as she presented findings from the institute’s Utah Economic Report.
SALT LAKE CITY The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted years of economic growth during 2020; at the beginning of 2021, many industries have recovered while others are left struggling to stay afloat.
With COVID-19 being an issue 10 months later and a massive leadership change in Washington, D.C., on the horizon, economic leaders and experts say there are plenty of economic unknowns to begin the new year.
How the state moves forward from the unknowns dominated the discussions at the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute s annual Economic Outlook & Public Policy Summit Tuesday.
The summit brought together various national, state and local leaders and economic experts to review the current state of the economy, what will be brought forward during the 2021 legislative session that begins next week, and what they expect might happen with the economy throughout the year.
SALT LAKE CITY The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted years of economic growth during 2020; at the beginning of 2021, many industries have recovered while others are left struggling to stay afloat.
With COVID-19 being an issue 10 months later and a massive leadership change in Washington, D.C., on the horizon, economic leaders and experts say there are plenty of economic unknowns to begin the new year.
How the state moves forward from the unknowns dominated the discussions at the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute s annual Economic Outlook & Public Policy Summit Tuesday.
The summit brought together various national, state and local leaders and economic experts to review the current state of the economy, what will be brought forward during the 2021 legislative session that begins next week, and what they expect might happen with the economy throughout the year.
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