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While manufacturing will continue to dominate headlines, the entire industry will reshape in 2021.

After the events of 2020, businesses will be pressured to show results of their efforts.

In what is supposed to be their inaugural season, the Worcester Red Sox are possibly looking at a delayed start, or an empty stadium.

The coronavirus pandemic will continue to rage in 2021, as the fallout creates financial crisis.

The commercial office market will have increased vacancies, while retail will suffer from trends accelerated by the coronavirus.

In December 2019, no one could have predicted what was to come in 2020. Still, the major trends and news items for the year largely stayed on track. Of the 10 predictions made by the WBJ Editorial Staff for the year, seven came true.

Every December, the WBJ Editorial Staff makes 10 predictions of news events and trends coming in the next year for the Central Massachusetts economy. Here's what they expect to happen in 2021.

How likely is a federal tax law change in 2021? For the new administration to implement its proposed tax law changes, Biden will need to get a tax bill through Congress.

As we all know, our local economy has taken a major hit from the pandemic. This is the worst impact in my lifetime; but there is good news ahead.

Manufacturers of every size and across every industry, here in the Worcester area and elsewhere, are weathering...