Here’s the big news that broke last month, and how it impacts Alaska’s economy. GMT1 Production Started Ahead of Schedule ConocoPhillips announced that they started flowing oil from the Greater […]
Exploring Alaska’s Budget: Part 1 – Speaking the Language
If you’re watching the gubernatorial debates, you’ve probably noticed that the budget is one of the hot topics. Some candidates say the budget is still too large, others say they’ve […]
3 Takeaways from Analyzing the PFD
One of the downsides of working alone, is the inability to bounce ideas off others. There is a lot of information gained from seeing brows furrow, lips curl, and eyes […]
Here is What We Think the July Job Numbers are Saying
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development released preliminary July job numbers on Friday. The general takeaway is that things aren’t better yet, but they are no longer getting […]
A Closer Look at Alaska’s Labor Force
It is the population of an economy that provides the supply of labor and the demand for goods. If the population is declining, you can make a safe bet that […]
The Alaska Recession – By the Numbers
We peg the beginning of the Alaska recession at October of 2015. That is the point we identify as when the general economy began a downward trajectory. Prior to October […]
4 Reasons for Alaska’s High Unemployment Rate
You’ve probably heard by now that Alaska currently has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation. While this is true, it doesn’t quite mean what people think it […]
The Alaskan Case of Dutch Disease
We all dream about what we would do if a couple million dollars fell into our laps. It turns out, most of those stories don’t work out the way we […]
How Profitable Was Alaska’s North Slope?
In 1977, the monumental achievement known as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) was completed. It was the largest, most complex, and most expensive engineering feat of its time. As we […]