{"id":726,"date":"2019-10-01T18:25:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T01:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spokanetrends.org\/newsletter\/?page_id=726"},"modified":"2022-12-05T14:47:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T21:47:36","slug":"3-2019-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spokanetrends.org\/newsletter\/3-2019-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Q3 2019 – Spokane Trends Focus Newsletter – #37"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indicators In The News<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Community Archetype View<\/h3>

Preparing a local workforce to meet future demands<\/h6>
If you ask 10 different people how they feel about Walmart as a company or community partner, chances are you\u2019ll get 10 different answers. Walmart represents a dichotomy of a large retailer offering lower prices vs. a large retailer putting small businesses at risk...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Are You in the \"Shrinking\" Middle-Class?<\/h3>

Is there still room in the shrinking Middle-Class?<\/h4>
What exactly is the middle-class? Is there still room for me in a shrinking Middle-Class? According to Investopedia, the middle-class are \u201cindividuals and households who fall between the working class and the upper class within a societal a societal hierarchy\"...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Jobs<\/h3>

Job Destruction vs. Occupational Changes<\/h4>
Sometimes it might seem like most jobs are, or will eventually be, susceptible to replacement by automation. Experts can already predict the top-3 industries susceptible to automation over the next decade are \u201cproduction\u201d, \u201cfood service\u201d and \u201ctransportation\u201d...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Indicators In Action<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Assessed Value of New Construction: Lagging the State but is This the Whole Picture?<\/h3>
A visual analysis of indicator 2.3.2, the trend for the assessed value of new construction would indicate that Spokane County is severely under-performing the state. However, from 2002 to 2018, the compound annual growth rate...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>