The COVID-19 pandemic has now been a strain on the U.S. for nearly a year, and new unemployment claims increased week-over-week on January 4, up 23% from the previous week.…
In 2021, we expect to see robust economic growth and consumer spending, lower volatility in the financial markets along with lower-than-average returns and no new Federal Reserve activity. So how…
You’re not mistaken if you feel like you’re seeing a new Amazon fulfillment or delivery facility pop up every few months in Arizona — specifically, the Greater Phoenix market. In…
President Donald Trump entered office pledging to blow up trade deals, and he later imposed tariffs on trading partners around the world – but the biggest threat to Arizona-Mexico trade…
With the U.S. gaining 245,000 jobs in November and the national unemployment rate at 6.7% compared to the nearly historic high of 14.7% at the peak during the coronavirus pandemic,…
The median projected percentage change for total salary budgets from 2020 to 2021 is an increase of 3.0%, according to XpertHR’s 2021 Salary Budget Survey of 460 US employers. This increase matches…
Arizona’s economy is rebounding from the pandemic, but uncertainty still looms as COVID-19 cases are rising and federal aid programs are about to disappear, one of the state’s leading economists…
Taseko Mines Limited announced that the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has granted its Florence Copper Project the Aquifer Protection Permit (APP). Russell Hallbauer, Chief Executive Officer and Director of…
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,…
Today, the National Restaurant Association sent a letter to Congressional leadership, sharing new survey findings that illustrate continued business deterioration across the restaurant industry and offering support for the moderate compromise proposal as…
The Arizona economy has made good progress in recovering from the pandemic-induced economic decline, but big worries could be ahead as federal aid programs expire, according to Arizona State University’s…
Fewer actors and staff on set, stricter health guidelines, and postponed film dates; the pandemic is taking a toll on the entertainment industry. In 2020, almost 100 movie releases have…
