{"id":1175,"date":"2021-08-09T23:16:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T23:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bentonfranklintrends.org\/newsletter\/?page_id=1175"},"modified":"2021-08-11T20:38:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T20:38:03","slug":"21q3home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bentonfranklintrends.org\/newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Business<\/div>

Business Applications in Washington State<\/a><\/h3>
Leading the Country in Applications<\/h6>
The US has shown a marked increase in the number of business applications filed following the pandemic, but that trend has seemed to falter between 2024 and 2025. Numbers were stable after a spike in 2021, but they appear to have fallen into a spiral now. More can be read from the US Census Bureau tool here. The tool shows state and nationwide numbers of applications, as well as several filter types: applications from corporations, applications with planned wages, and high-propensity business applications...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Life Expectancy Around the World<\/a><\/h3>
How Long are People Living?<\/h6>
In the past hundred years, life expectancy has undergone an incredible transformation. The average global life expectancy as recently as 1900 was barely over 30 years, and over the past century into the present it's gone up to 73 years (2023). While progress has been uneven, it has been universal; Every section of the world has seen vast growth. This information comes from the UK group Our World in Data, and their...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Upward Mobility in Benton and Franklin Counties<\/a><\/h3>
The Urban Institute's Upward Mobility Initiative is a national effort that gives local communities tools to boost long term economic well-being, racial equality, and opportunity through a foundation of clear, accurate data. Their work is done across the...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Trends In Action<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Economic Vitality<\/h3>

Job Creation in the Greater Tri Cities Slowed Significantly in 2024<\/h4>
\u202fHas the job creating machine of the greater Tri Cities thrown a wrench? While one year a trend does not make, last year\u2019s results were anything but stellar, as this indicator reveals. The year ended with only a bit more than 1,600 jobs created over 2023. This was the lowest yearly gain registered since 2013, outside of pandemic year 2020. For further context...<\/div>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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