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Economics: ITR forecast signals return to ‘normalized’ growth

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And for 2026, we’re forecasting a macroeconomic recession, but nothing along the lines of a Great Depression. In fact, in a study that ITR Economics conducted that forecasted economic activity through 2050, there’s more upside than downside. In 2025, the economy is going to slow down. Just a regular old recession.

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Exclusive: Boen and Somerset—A dynamic duo

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A few months ago Bauwerk Group, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of hardwood flooring that also owns the Boen brand, purchased the prefinished side of Somerset Hardwood Flooring , the company founded by Steve Merrick in 1990 as a supplier of unfinished goods. I’m looking on the floor. And that’s a whole different perspective.

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