Economist: North Bay economic diversity key to growth

By Gary Quackenbush

The North Bay economy is expected to experience continued growth as a diverse mix of industries expand, but the region struggles to attract and retain leading businesses in technology, according to a Sonoma State University economist.

And short of a major geopolitical issue arising, the American economy should continue to grow in 2015 at a rate of about 3 percent in real terms, with similar forecasts for 2016 and 2017, according to Robert Eyler, Ph.D., SSU economics professor and director of the institution’s Center for Regional Economic Analysis. He is set to discuss these metrics at the Sonoma State University Economic Outlook Conference in Santa Rosa on Wednesday.

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