Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ business leaders are confident in the state’s economy as we head into the first quarter of 2018, according to the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Leeds Business Confidence Index survey released today. Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder economist Richard Wobbekind (WAH-Be-kin), says expectations for 2018 are up from last quarter and will stay that way well into the new year.