Yampa Valley Partners in conjunction with Mountain Learning Network has developed a regional forecasting tool for businesses, government and industry.  The newsletter has the following elements.

·         Retail Trade

o   Gross Retail Sales forecasting based on an index value correlated to national sale for predictive purposes

·         Employment

o   Predictive indices based on the relationship of workforce and jobs

·         Real Estate

o   Routt/Moffat Housing affordability index (Using the same methodology used by the National Association of Realtors)

o   Normalized foreclosure ratio that allows for comparability between counties/state and national numbers

·         Construction

o   Forecast of residential building permits

·         Transportation(Air)

o   Number of flights and load factors used to identify trends

·         Energy

o   Coal – Forecast of production in both Moffat/Rio Blanco and Routt

o   Natural Gas – Production and Price forecasting

Please download the PDF below for the full economic forecast newsletter