A panel of local economic forecaste...

A panel of local economic forecasters all app ear to be in succession the same page when it get tos to predicting what will happen in 2003: The economy will be better than in 2002 on the other hand only slightly.

in succession Dec. 11, US Bank landlorded its 13th Annual Economic view Forum at the Best Western Lakeway Inn, providing panelists an opportunity to talk about the local, state, U and Canadian economies.

The panelists were Hart Hodge interim director at the guild of Business and Economics at Western Washington University; Christopher Lawless, chief economist of British Columbia Investment Management Corporation; Michael