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Download The Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) Q2 2024 Business confidence is on the rise in Colorado. Every component of the Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) increased ahead of Q2 2024, and all components moved into positive territory. Across the array of reasons given to explain their outlook, general economic...

Download The Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) Q1 2024 Entering 2024, business confidence remains suppressed but is on the rise. Nearly every component of the Leeds Business Confidence Index (LBCI) increased ahead of Q1 and Q2 2024. There was less consensus about the reasons for their outlook compared to the...

Colorado’s business leaders have maintained a gloomy outlook throughout the uneven road back from the pandemic-driven recession.

The economy continues to take sideways steps emerging from the pandemic. For every bit of good news—like the state's persistent jobs recovery or better-than-expected record of new entities forming—there remain stubborn headwinds related to inflation, rising interest rates and more. Report summary Download full report Business Research Division

Here's a preview of what to expect at the Business Economic Outlook Forum on Dec. 5 in Denver.

The CU system has an outsized impact on Colorado's economy, one that touches every county and most industry categories.

The latest quarterly survey of Colorado business leaders may indicate we're nearing the bottom, but that's one of the few hopeful signs in the report.

The economy continues to send mixed signals at both the state and national level, with inflation and high prices countering good news on jobs. For more, check out the latest Colorado Secretary of State Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report, produced in partnership with the Business Research Division at Leeds...

Colorado remains a pace car for employment, even as business leaders are losing confidence amid inflation, tangled supply chains and interest rates.