Officials with the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise said Wednesday in their first 2013 summer outlook that a dry winter and expected warming trendmean the potential for significant fire activity will be above normal on the West Coast, in the Southwest and portions of Idaho and Montana.
With many countries around the world in recession, the trend of commodity prices can mean the difference between a deeper downturn and a faster recovery.
Taken together, some economists think those two factors will mean the economy will struggle to reach trend growth this year, defined as between 2.25% and 2.5%.