Colorado economy shows signs of slowing

DENVER — Colorado’s economy is still chugging along in the right direction, although more slowly when compared to its own recent performance and to other states.

Inflation is cooling, and new business filings are up, but job growth is only just above flat, according to Colorado’s Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report, released Thursday by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office and the University of Colorado Leeds Business Research Division.

“There are a lot of very positive signs for the state,” said Rich Wobbekind, associate dean for business and government relations at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School…