ARTICLES BY PATRICK BARKEY

The puzzle of the Montana economy

You wouldn’t think that the economy we all live and work in would be such a mystery. Especially in this information age. Yet the state of the state economy — and especially for Montana’s cities and communities — can be frustratingly hard to assess sometimes. And this may be one …

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

The puzzle of the Montana economy

You wouldn’t think that the economy we all live and work in would be such a mystery. Especially in this information age. Yet the state of the state economy — and especially for Montana’s cities and communities — can be frustratingly hard to assess sometimes. And this may be one …

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

There are questions we should ask about oil prices

After an election season that featured plenty of frowns about the state of the economy, a different kind of debate has broken out with the sudden plunge in crude oil prices. Will $2 per gallon gas prices be good for the economy? Or will they be fantastic? Less money being …

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

There are questions we should ask about oil prices

After an election season that featured plenty of frowns about the state of the economy, a different kind of debate has broken out with the sudden plunge in crude oil prices. Will $2 per gallon gas prices be good for the economy? Or will they be fantastic? Less money being …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Montana's federal economic footprint

It’s been quite a party, but the hangover might be a doozy. After four straight years of trillion-dollar annual budget deficits, the news is dawning on all political parties that the federal budget is long due for serious repair, and that less spending is part of the process. As a …

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

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Montana's federal economic footprint

It’s been quite a party, but the hangover might be a doozy. After four straight years of trillion-dollar annual budget deficits, the news is dawning on all political parties that the federal budget is long due for serious repair, and that less spending is part of the process. As a …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Montana's federal economic footprint

It’s been quite a party, but the hangover might be a doozy. After four straight years of trillion-dollar annual budget deficits, the news is dawning on all political parties that the federal budget is long due for serious repair, and that less spending is part of the process. As a …

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Montana's economy: smooth sailing toward a cliff?

A lot of things started to fall into place for the Montana economy in 2012. Strong income growth, led by counties in proximity to the Bakken oil fields, pushed up state income tax collections to near double-digit rates of growth. Dry conditions last summer were certainly felt by Montana farmers …

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Montana's economy: smooth sailing toward a cliff?

A lot of things started to fall into place for the Montana economy in 2012. Strong income growth, led by counties in proximity to the Bakken oil fields, pushed up state income tax collections to near double-digit rates of growth. Dry conditions last summer were certainly felt by Montana farmers …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Montana's economy: smooth sailing toward a cliff?

A lot of things started to fall into place for the Montana economy in 2012. Strong income growth, led by counties in proximity to the Bakken oil fields, pushed up state income tax collections to near double-digit rates of growth. Dry conditions last summer were certainly felt by Montana farmers …

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Midyear malaise strikes the economy again

Montanans wait all year for summer. And this year it arrived, in the West at least, right on schedule. For the past two years, a much less welcome event has also arrived on or around the first day of summer — a midyear global economic malaise.

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Midyear malaise strikes the economy again

Montanans wait all year for summer. And this year it arrived, in the West at least, right on schedule. For the past two years, a much less welcome event has also arrived on or around the first day of summer — a midyear global economic malaise.

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Midyear malaise strikes the economy again

Montanans wait all year for summer. And this year it arrived, in the West at least, right on schedule. For the past two years, a much less welcome event has also arrived on or around the first day of summer — a midyear global economic malaise.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

For the armchair economists

Many stereotypes have some basis in truth - and in the case of economists, we can, and often do, change our minds about things. But we try not to do it on a daily basis. Yet the events in Europe, the gyrations on Wall Street and the fickle nature of …

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

For the armchair economists

Many stereotypes have some basis in truth - and in the case of economists, we can, and often do, change our minds about things. But we try not to do it on a daily basis. Yet the events in Europe, the gyrations on Wall Street and the fickle nature of …

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO