• U.S. adds 171,000 jobs in October - Read Article

    U.S. adds 171,000 jobs in October

    2012-11-02T09:59:33-07:00

    U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October, and hiring was stronger in August and September than first thought. The solid job growth showed that the economy is strengthening slowly but…

  • Phoenix-area Home Prices Stable - Read Article

    Phoenix-area Home Prices Stable

    2012-10-31T10:06:47-07:00

    Phoenix-area home prices stabilized from August to September, but we’re now seeing some other types of movement in the market. A new report from the W. P. Carey School of…

  • Phoenix home prices jump 18.8% in year - Read Article

    Phoenix home prices jump 18.8% in year

    2012-10-30T09:46:35-07:00

    Home prices rose in August in nearly all U.S. cities, and many of the markets hit hardest during the crisis are starting to show sustained gains. The increases are the…

  • Amazon agrees to collect Arizona sales taxes - Read Article

    Amazon agrees to collect Arizona sales taxes

    2012-10-29T12:12:13-07:00

    Online retailer Amazon has agreed to settle a sales tax dispute with the state of Arizona and will begin collecting the state’s 6.6 percent tax on product sales in the…

  • GPEC honors Maracay Homes’ president, House Speaker - Read Article

    GPEC honors Maracay Homes’ president, House Speaker

    2012-10-25T16:27:53-07:00

    The Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) honored Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin and GPEC Board Director Andy Warren, president of Maracay Homes, at its annual dinner. Speaker Tobin was awarded…

  • ASU launches center to focus on Latino issues - Read Article

    ASU launches center to focus on Latino issues

    2012-10-23T14:54:57-07:00

    Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy has launched a center that will focus on increasing the state’s understanding of Latino issues. The university says the Morrison Institute Latino…

  • Desert Schools Credit Union Earns Prestigious Award - Read Article

    Desert Schools Credit Union Earns Prestigious Award

    2012-10-23T12:17:29-07:00

    The Mountain West Credit Union Foundation raised approximately $30,000 to support the Mountain West Credit Union Foundation and presented six prestigious awards at this year’s Mountain West Credit Union Foundation…

  • Arizona Ranks 50th for Average Savings Balances - Read Article

    Arizona Ranks 50th for Average Savings Balances

    2012-10-22T08:39:09-07:00

    With the economy widely tipped to be a determining factor in this year’s election, Pitney Bowes Software today released new data that shows a decline in consumers’ average savings balances…

  • Arizona unemployment rate dips in September - Read Article

    Arizona unemployment rate dips in September

    2012-10-18T15:54:09-07:00

    Arizona’s unemployment dipped to 8.2 percent, down from 8.3 percent the two previous months. Department of Administration economists report that the state added 30,000 jobs, mostly in government due to…

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