"If you put 10 economists in a room, you'll get 11 different opinions."

This now-cliched phrase pokes fun at the notion that economists often disagree in their interpretations. But it's still instructive to hear what they have to say.

Each fall, Greater Spokane convenes three economists to review current conditions and look ahead.

This week, Steve Scranton, chief economist from Washington Trust Bank, Professor Vange Ocasio Hochheimer from Whitworth University and Avista Crop chief economist Grant Forsyth took their turns in the prognosticating chair.

Hear their thoughts on questions such as the apparent disconnect about what people say about the economy and how they act when they buy things. What will happen if the government funding impass keeps going and going? Are we headed toward a

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