Expert: Local economic Problems to be short-lived.(Richard Nash on the Pacific Northwest)(Brief...

While the Pacific Northwest will continue to slow down economically in the upcoming six months, it shouldn't be as much of a dip as other parts of the country, said an economic analyst m a recent visit to Bellingham.

Richard Nash, a chief market strategist for Victory Capital Management, KeyCorp's investment arm, gave a speech to members of the business community on June 8 at the Hotel Bellwether. He said the reason the greater Puget Sound area won't be hit as hard by a national economic slowdown is because of the influence of one large company that is expected to have