George W. Hammond

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• Arizona has replaced 68.3% of the 294,600 jobs it lost February-April - Read Article

  Arizona has replaced 68.3% of the 294,600 jobs it lost February-April

  2020-12-28T12:00:27-07:00

  Arizona added 6,500 jobs over the month in November (seasonally adjusted), according to the latest employment situation release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was close to the…

• Long, strange trip: Arizona’s recovery continues at a slower pace - Read Article

  Long, strange trip: Arizona’s recovery continues at a slower pace

  2020-12-09T19:00:07-07:00

  The Arizona recovery continued in the third quarter, although at a much slower pace than during the April-June period. The state has received a significant boost from the CARES Act,…

• Arizona’s 30-year outlook: Short-run trouble, long-run growth - Read Article

  Arizona’s 30-year outlook: Short-run trouble, long-run growth

  2020-09-09T08:45:10-07:00

  There is still a huge amount of uncertainty about the future of the outbreak and the economic impacts associated with it. The baseline forecast assumes that the current surge in…

• Arizona economy: ‘Once we get past the shock, recovery should be solid’ - Read Article

  Arizona economy: ‘Once we get past the shock, recovery should be solid’

  2020-04-23T09:41:09-07:00

  As with the March Interim forecast, there is still a huge amount of uncertainty about the future of the outbreak and the economic impacts on the Arizona economy associated with…