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Here’s a report on the opinion<\/a> of yet another “senior economist,” this one from California.<\/p>\n

Keitaro Matsuda, senior economist for Union Bank of California, issued his December 2005 Economic Update for the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday.
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\u2022 While the largest number of new jobs has come from the trade and transportation sector, construction was the fastest-growing industry, up 8.1 percent in the state over the past year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Washington has been ranked ninth among the 50 states in terms of home-price appreciation in the third quarter, up 15.6 percent. Last year, Washington placed 21st.<\/p>\n

“There is no doubt that the Pacific Northwest economy will maintain considerable momentum in 2006,” Matsuda wrote. “How the region will ultimately fare next year is likely to depend, to a large extent, on the strength of its housing market.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Matsuda seems quite optimistic about the economic forecast of the Pacific Northwest, although even he admits that recent improvements are largely being driven by the housing market. If<\/i> the housing market turns, there goes our “spectacular” job growth.<\/p>\n

(C.R. Roberts, Tacoma News-Tribune<\/a>, 12.08.2005<\/i>)<\/p>\n

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