Alaska by the Numbers – October 2019

Posted on November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 by Ed King

Here is your free monthly update on what’s going on in Alaska’s economy. The Labor Market Keeps Improving According to the Department of Labor numbers released last week, Alaska extended its winning streak to 12 consecutive months of job growth. The jobs count in September 2019 was a total of 2,000 jobs higher than in[…]

Fiscal Year 2018 Closing Numbers

Posted on June 29, 2018November 17, 2020 by Ed King

Alaska’s fiscal year ends tomorrow, June 30th. While official numbers won’t be posted for several months, preliminary data is already available. Here’s what it looks like. Oil Price Alaska North Slope Crude oil ended up being a year of upward trending prices. While the price of oil ended the fiscal year just shy of $80[…]