Job, population growth to continue in 2018

DENVER — Colorado will stay competitive in recruiting, and every major sector will add jobs in 2018, according to economist Richard Wobbekind.

Wobbekind, executive director of the Business Research Division at the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business, is forecasting that Colorado will  add 47,100 jobs in 2018, an increase of 1.8 percent — a lower growth rate than the past two years.

“The national unemployment numbers are low, but the state unemployment numbers are incredibly low,” Wobbekind said during a recent forecast presentation.

Low unemployment rates are causing employers to continue…