Modest job growth is expected next year in the Inland Northwest, with greater strides expected on the Idaho side of the border and a heavy concentration of health care-related jobs throughout the region. 

Looking to 2025, growers in Washington hope to find some relief from high labor costs and interest rates. 

Manufacturers in Spokane are taking up work in the satellite industry, while companies in other emerging fields also are looking here to build out their supply chains. 

The mining industry in the Inland Northwest and beyond has an optimistic outlook for the coming year.

Retail sales in Spokane had a sluggish start through the first half of the year ahead of what's expected to be flat or slightly higher sales through the last two quarters of 2024.