The much-watched predictions for Colorado’s economy from CU’s Leeds School of Business are out and the answer is… staying the course overall. The 61st annual Business Economic Outlook is an assessment of the health of Colorado’s economy as we look to another year.
“Continued slow growth is the message,” said Richard Wobbekind, senior economist for The University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business. It predicts 17,500 new jobs next year, which, in a state with over three million current jobs, is not much of a blip.
But it’s not a decline either. And it’s slightly more than 2025, which was beset with inconsistent tariffs, the longest government shutdown in history, and tougher immigration policies…