There are still deals to be had this holiday season if you’re hoping to save some money in preparing a Thanksgiving dinner. Denver-based Ibotta has festive cash-back promotions in its mobile app…
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What’s Working: Denver-area inflation slows again to 1.4% in past 12 months
Prices on items like meat, clothing and gasoline in the Denver area increased 1.4% in September, rising at the slowest annual rate since early 2021. Lower hotel prices also helped regional inflation…
What’s Working: Colorado’s misery index shows we are less miserable, though it may not feel like it
Quick links: Colorado Misery Index | Colorado Springs rent ranks | Dish for $1 | New CSU AI lab | Reader poll: Better days? After last week’s edition of What’s Working reported…
The economics of eating out have some of Denver’s top chefs dismayed, discouraged and looking elsewhere
Story first appeared in: Months before the global pandemic, chef Troy Guard opened his first restaurant outside of Denver, a Guard and Grace steakhouse in Houston. Then COVID “kicked our butt,” he…
All the new minimum wages in Colorado that kick in Jan. 1
The minimum wage in Colorado and a few local governments is going up again Jan. 1. The raising of the minimum wage has been an annual event for the state and the…
What’s Working: How a Denver company is fighting the problem of underemployment
Brian Ysasaga took one step inside the building during Colorado Aerospace Day at the Capital in March 2022 and turned around. “I’m not going to lie to you, I ran out. I…
Denver inflation drops to 2.8%, opposite the national trend of rising prices
As the nation fretted over the latest consumer price report showing an unwanted uptick for March, Denver-area economists were dealing with the complete opposite: annual inflation dropped to 2.8%. Denver’s rate, which…
What’s Working | Colorado’s current economy and a peek into the future
Quick links: Denver’s January inflation rate | Colorado jobs reports | Home sales update | Colorado women pay equity | More economy stories Chances of a recession in Colorado this year? Unlikely….
What’s Working: Colorado added just 300 jobs in December, as unemployment rate rose to 3.4%
Don’t look at Colorado’s latest jobs report unless you want to be depressed, but know it may only be for a few months. The December numbers, released Friday, have the state’s unemployment…