By George W. Hammond, Ph.D. Director and Research Professor, EBRC The University of Arizona’s Economic & Business Research Center (EBRC) is reporting in its economic scorecard for 2015 shows the state of the economy added jobs, residents, and income. Labor market performance improved, with 61,600 net new jobs and an unemployment rate of 6.1% according to […]
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Commentary by Elliott D. Pollack & Co. reprinted from Rose Law Group Reporter One of the most widely reviewed economic indicators, Real GDP, posted improved numbers this week. The first quarter of this year is now reported to have only slightly contracted by 0.2%. Even this is believed to be due to one-time events and
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Arizona Department of Administration delivered a sobering Jobs Forecast Thursday predicting Arizona is projected to gain 114,000 Nonfarm jobs over the two projected years (2014 & 2015). This represents a growth rate of 4.5 percent over the two projected years. An over-the-year gain of 53,500 jobs is projected in 2014 and 60,400 jobs in 2015.
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