The Portland Business Journal and Puget Sound Business Journal recently teamed up with Ferguson Wellman Capital Management and Menashe Properties on a Midyear Economic Outlook event. The goal was to gauge the economic health of the Pacific Northwest, and to discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Participating in the discussion from Ferguson Wellman were Chris Bixby, SVP of portfolio and wealth management; Krystal Daibes Higgins, VP of equity research; Brad Houle, principal of fixed…

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