Spokane’s cost of living has dipped below the national average. Washington Trust Chief Economist Steve Scranton, CFA, provides his perspective on this recent development in the Journal of Business:
When companies are looking at potentially... establishing business in the city, or people are looking at moving to a city, there’s really three things that they normally look at on a regular basis: What’s the cost of living? What’s the affordability and availability of housing, and what’s the crime rate?Steve Scranton, Chief Economist