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Alaska by the Numbers – November Edition

November 1, 2018November 13, 2018 Ed King

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 […]

By the NumbersAlaska, ANS, APFC, budget, investment earnings, North Slope, oil price, oil production, Unemployment, wagesLeave a comment

Exploring Alaska’s Budget: Part 1 – Speaking the Language

October 8, 2018October 24, 2018 Ed King

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 […]

GovernmentAlaska, budget, fiscal crisis, fund source, objects of expenditure, Revenue, sustainable budget1 Comment

3 Takeaways from Analyzing the PFD

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 Ed King

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 […]

GovernmentAlaska, budget, constitution, fiscal crisis, PFD2 Comments

Here is What We Think the July Job Numbers are Saying

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 Ed King

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 […]

EconomyAlaska, Economy, employment, recession, recoveryLeave a comment

A Closer Look at Alaska’s Labor Force

July 24, 2018August 28, 2018 Ed King

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 […]

Economy, ForecastsAlaska, child population, retirement age population, work forceLeave a comment

The Alaska Recession – By the Numbers

July 12, 2018August 28, 2018 Ed King

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 […]

Economy2015, Alaska, government spending, oil, oil price collapse, recessionLeave a comment

4 Reasons for Alaska’s High Unemployment Rate

June 21, 2018August 20, 2018 Ed King

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 […]

EconomyAlaska, Jobs, Natural unemployment, Subsistance, UnemploymentLeave a comment

The Alaskan Case of Dutch Disease

August 17, 2017October 18, 2018 Ed King

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 […]

Economy, Government, Oil IndustryAlaska, Dutch Disease, Economy, Paradox, Sustainable4 Comments

How Profitable Was Alaska’s North Slope?

August 10, 2017August 19, 2018 Ed King

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 […]

Oil IndustryAlaska, oil, profitablity, profitsLeave a comment

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