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Show p3 Q " " ; leCOnoinic IKMooK iMiSTOOrtGg .'.1 By GARY R. BLODGETT ' ' I;-5 anyone's guess w hat ! 98 1 - and the remain , iJf0f the 1980 s will bring economically but one I '.'. -I for sure is that the year 1 980 got most of u-""-he wrong foot. ;' I ECONOMISTS are reluctant to talk about the ear j sending. For public record they want to av'that .,. I gibing "was just fine." But they know that ift .'; .e.'arid openly admit it. .. Da is County suffered economically jjst as much nr nearly as much, any way as any other sector K' -f L'tah or the U.S. HOME builders admit that real estate sales were j;.n drastically; automobile salesmen had "their -Z. orst year in memory," and retail stores also had a ;-;ep downtrend in total sales. The latter admit that there have been just as many .hoppers as usual, but that's what they are "shop-, "shop-, not buyers. Sales tax revenue for the state rro-.ed that point. , NV RETAIL store owners especially those operating outside the large shopping malls as well as rr.e cf ;:-e w.-v-;-e sales est erf . " " o;;ire, : v SPIRALING - e-s- - ... ... tre-endo.s efTec: cr. . -V -V " " effect cn c:uer vf r.; .. , clep-end en -.he ; v- - ' - F-rchiseC";" '"' " '': " And one rein . . . . . cars and mar.-. Lr;e - - . . . ,x because of "-..vh; r.j-r, '" --V--- ' -"-ri:es. " "IT'S not :- ri r:; a record t.A 21.5 rr.i"' and :0 pere'er.: d.nr.g :r.e r'c".k sjlr sX major cause cf redaction re:.: 'dri.'.is.i s...s remains w i:h t!,;h; money. How did some rtl b..:r-:;-n economic crunch wLle ;-.: b.;-krr: ."' ONE REASON, and one rcin .J:t ,:s c : i. v .s v. c ".. r-ci.: ecr S.:V; w " c -.i-;-v: :..:.s ... . vr.'i..rj -"d g j sh.s:.j:; ot orc y . p; .-.. "-rx'cr e ;--con e" -s no-. c :n INI LUION -::-c vc - r. j ..: .. r...c . : . L - C.ij.i 1 " v ' v - C 171 v.: . ' . v" v ! .. v .- . v " '. i fci y, . " pvl CT v i t T' t " i ' t . ; ,N ! vv';- :'.: -v r.':c.i I '... " j . . s.. . : s .. ". ov . ! 1KI INc Kl l v.. c v..-.- ;s. .. : . . .. s.- j .ss;'. ', v ,'s j . ' .'. , . . s . . , ; ' . , - ' . j r. s ? . ' : ' . s. ,s. ... I I 0 "iUl'.y . . s:. . . ' V- . .- . k . v. I r ; . s,' ' , . j i " . v v o s. , " . .. o. j .' i vV ""'' " " ' ' ' ' i ' :;. : ... : ; y ;s. . ' .. -o .. :x . : . v . ' so . o o '. . l" O" ;v ..'.'".: o s; I . s ' v .. .' :' . v . .' :'. ! .... ! s.. '' o e c . o ' , ' . . rs, . VN) HUI'y, . , : . .. . , |
