This year Hartford Business Journal has rebranded and retooled our end-of-year publication into a full-fledged economic forecast that will help inform the region’s business, civic and nonprofit leaders as they plan and strategize for 2015.
In the pages that follow, prominent local, regional and national economists and business executives will provide economic forecasts covering various industries including: real estate, health care, energy, manufacturing, banking and finance, and education.
Each industry section also takes a look back at some of the major stories and events of 2014 that not only drew our reader’s attention, but had a significant impact on the competitive landscape. The look back is important because the only way to figure out where the region’s economy is headed is to remember where it has already been.
We’d like to thank all of our contributors to the publication. Their invaluable insights will help shed light on where Connecticut’s and Greater Hartford’s economy is headed in 2015 and beyond.
We are always interested in reader feedback so let us know what you think about the Economic Forecast.
Good luck in 2015!
Greg Bordonaro
gbordonaro@hartfordbusiness.com
Editor
Read Economic Forecast 2015 digital edition
Or check out the sections and links below.
Economy Insight
Inflation, oil prices, aerospace industry to drive CT’s economy in 2015
DOL’s Kennedy: Expect modest growth in ’15
Experts Corner: U.S. macro outlook positive
Deak: CT will add 80,000 jobs by 2018
Scorecard: Expert predictions for 2015
Industry Focus: Real Estate
Watch List: Commercial, residential realty market rebound likely to continue
Experts Corner: Hartford office market tightens; investor activity rising
Q&A: CT’s realty outlook strong
Experts Corner: 2015 should be a good tipping point for real estate deals
Industry Focus: Health Care
Watch List: Healthcare consolidation, costs; bioscience growth to be focus in 2015
Experts Corner: Continued evolution for health insurers in 2015
Q&A: Healthcare industry faces consolidation, uncertainty, funding cuts
Industry Focus: Energy
Watch List: Natural gas supply, power plant retirements. renewables top 2015 issues
Experts Corner: Power grid faces pivotal infrastructure year
Q&A: Clean energy financing expects double-digit growth
Industry Focus: Manufacturing
Watch List: UTC’s evolution, workforce development key manufacturing issues
Experts Corner: CT to emerge as additive manufacturing leader
Q&A: Aerospace manufacturing faces 2015 ramp-up
Industry Focus: Banking & Finance
Watch List: CT banks: More of the same in 2015
Q&A: Interest rates, loan demand weigh heavily on banks’ ’15 outlook
Experts Corner: 2015 to lift Connecticut, U.S. economies
Industry Focus: Education
Watch List: Major higher-ed funding initiatives come to fruition in ’15
Q&A: State’s higher-ed system faces declining enrollment, budget cuts
Experts Corner: Growing tech education, workforce key to CT’s future
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