After three weeks of record-breaking unemployment filings, jobless claims for the state and the nation dipped slightly last week, but they were still in what one economist called “shockingly high”…
As we all know, the coronavirus outbreak has shut down a substantial portion of the U.S.economy. Arizona State University Associate Professor of Economics Alexander Bick now has more timely and…
Thousands of dollars started arriving in Arizonans’ bank accounts this week as the first coronavirus relief payments from the massive coronavirus relief package began to be distributed in the form…
For the many struggling through our current crisis, help is on the way. The Internal Revenue Service said Saturday it sent out the first wave of stimulus payments to Americans.…
Nearly half of Arizona’s private workforce is employed by small business owners who are seeing massive disruptions to their operations with the spread of COVID-19. While federal and state relief…
Arizona’s farmers are on the job during COVID-19 keeping the nation fed. But disruptions, from erratic shifts in consumer spending to Mexico canceling imports, are causing financial distress in certain…
While Congress and the White House are promising to add billions to the Paycheck Protection Program, some small businesses say they are just trying to hang on long enough to…
Another 129,215 Arizonans filed for unemployment last week, boosting the number of new jobless claims in the state above a quarter-million since March 1, according to the latest numbers from…
The state is adding $600 to the maximum weekly unemployment benefit of $240, and the first checks should go out as soon as next week, the Arizona Department of Economic Security said…
All hopeful young filmmakers or actors have the same dream: to move to Los Angeles and find work in Hollywood. For years, creatives growing up in Arizona have felt that…
New jobless claims continued to soar to record heights in Arizona and the nation, with state filings jumping from the then-record 29,333 claims two weeks ago to 88,592 last week.…
Every year, Lee McPheters describes the pulse of the economy — which has shown a steady uptick over the past several years for Arizona. McPheters shares his analysis in his role as Research…
