Economist Elliot Eisenberg makes a yearly trek to provide the Denver Metro Association of Realtors with a forecast. On Thursday he provided a mea culpa to his audience for telling them last January to prepare for a recession that never came. “I was wrong,” he said, noting that U.S. consumers have proven “remarkably resilient” and that he is optimistic the country can pull off something rarely seen — a sharp hike in interest rates without a downturn, also known as … Continue reading “U.S. has skirted a recession, but watch for big shifts in trade and immigration policies, economist advises”