GREELEY — Colorado’s economy should continue to grow in the second half of 2026, but the rate of growth likely will slow, with several headwinds facing the state’s economy. That was the message from Phyllis Resnick, executive director of the Colorado Future Center, speaking at BizWest’s inaugural Northern Colorado Mid-Year Economic Forum at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. The Colorado Futures Center — a nonprofit research organization affiliated with Colorado State University — produces the ColoradoCast, a short-term, six-month economic forecast model for the state. Despite those trends, retail sales have been fairly stable, but with anemic growth in Colorado. Retail sales data are not adjusted for inflation, meaning that much of the increases in statewide retail sales can be attributed to inflation.