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Prices are at record highs. Supplies of mountain homes for sale have never been lower. Across Colorado’s high country, resort community real estate sales have set records since July. Through October, the total real estate sales from six Colorado resort counties are nearly $1 billion greater than all sales last year. “It’s Biblical,” George Harvey, who has been selling real estate in Telluride for 37 years, said as he described the sales volume in San Miguel County for the last half of 2020. Sales in Telluride and Mountain Village, which are on pace to surpass $1 billion in sales for t...

Economist: Impacts of COVID-19 create ‘Bizarro World’ By Sue Stafford Tuesday, December 22, 2020 12:26 PM The recession accompanying the current COVID-19 pandemic here in Central Oregon is unusual in a number of ways, according to Damon Runberg, regional economist for the Oregon Employment Department. Runberg offered a presentation entitled “Into Bizarro World” at the December 9 City Council workshop. Runberg’s comparison of the 2008-09 Great Recession and the 2020 recession, which he calls the Great Lockdown, highlighted two totally different patte...

Floridian of the Year: Florida’s non-profits ‘Look for the helpers:’ Florida non-profits are playing a vital role amid the pandemic.     New patient traffic to St. Petersburg Free Clinic's health center, which cares for residents without insurance, is up 35 percent.[St. Petersburg Free Clinic] [ St. Petersburg Free Clinic ] By Amy Keller, Florida Trend Published Dec. 17, 2020 Fred Rogers said his mother told him that in times of trouble and despair to “look for the helpers.” During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many helpers — from doctors and nurse...

U.S. pork exports posted broad-based gains in October, solidifying 2020’s record pace, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Beef muscle cut exports were also higher than a year ago in October, though lower variety meat volumes pushed total beef exports slightly below last year. October pork exports were up 8% year-over-year to 242,536 metric tons (mt), with value also increasing 8% to $641.1 million. Exports to Mexico, Japan, China/Hong Kong, Canada and the Philippines were substantially higher than a year ago while shipments to Central...

Central Bank Watch: BOC, RBA, & RBNZ Interest Rate Expectations Update Advertisement Central Bank Watch Overview: Budding optimism over a global growth rebound post-pandemic is helping fuel demand for global growth-linked assets and currencies, like the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand Dollars. Each of the commodity currency central banks – the Bank of Canada, Reserve Bank of Australia, and Reserve Bank of New Zealand – have seen rate cut expectations evaporate. Retail trader positioning suggests that the commodity currencies are on mostly bullish footing (bullish AUD, NZD; neutral C...