Report: WA recession over, recovery `tepid at best’
Washington’s economy is officially out of recession — and state revenue is even growing a tiny bit. But the recovery, mirroring the national scene, is “painfully slow” and “tepid at best,” said a new Columbus Day report released by the state Economic and Revenue Foecast Council. The state’s chief economist, Arun Raha, announced that tax collections for the past month have grown $2.5 million above the September forecast. In a two-year budget of $30 billion, that’s peanuts, of course, but…