The week ahead: October 19–23
What’s coming on seattle.metrotrendlines.com the week of October 19–23 — 14 posts on the calendar.
Monday, October 19 — Buy or rent: the Seattle ratio, September 2026; Battery or plug-in hybrid, September 2026; Seattle asking rents, September 2026.
Tuesday, October 20 — What a Seattle-area house is worth, September 2026; King County’s electric fleet, September 2026; How long a Seattle home takes to build, September 2026.
Wednesday, October 21 — Seattle wages after inflation, August 2026; Seattle-metro payrolls, August 2026; King County overdose deaths, the 12 months to March 2026.
Thursday, October 22 — Seattle-metro construction jobs, August 2026; Seattle-metro manufacturing jobs, August 2026; Seattle taxable retail sales, Q3 2025.
Friday, October 23 — Washington jobless claims, week of Oct 10, 2026 (pending — its numbers haven’t landed yet); Restaurant and hotel jobs, August 2026.
This is the plan, not a promise. Every weekday post here is tied to a data release, and a release that slips takes its post with it — the post simply waits for the day its numbers land. A figure that arrives early, a revision worth writing about, or an unexpected story out of Seattle can just as easily add a post that isn’t on this list. Expect the week to look roughly like this, and expect at least one day of it not to.