Idaho economy: Running hot

Inland Northwest Partners hosts Economic Forecast Fall Meeting

Economic headwinds are fiercely blowing throughout Idaho and the rest of the country. Rising interest rates, inflation and other challenges are evident and prevalent. "We don’t want to minimize the impact of these problems, but when you have such a strong labor market as Idaho, and when you have wage growth, you have a lot of resiliency in the face of these headwinds," Sam Wolkenhauer, a labor economist with the Idaho Department of Labor, said Thursday.