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...in May, while the national rate was 8.2 percent, each called "essentially unchanged" by Neil Fried, Labor Department economist. May's rates are well below the rates of a year ago, Fried said, with Alaska's rate below both its historic...
...example, was 3.5 percent in September."I don't think you can say we're out of the woods," Alaska labor department economist Neal Fried said. "We were never in the woods."A yearlong review of fiscal and economic data in all 50 states...
...Development just published a report on these findings in its December issue of Alaska Economic Trends magazine. Department economists Caroline Schultz and Mali Abrahamson found that Alaska's patterns for new single-family units followed the...
...to live in Alaska than much of the rest of the country, but the gap is gradually narrowing, the report said. Department economist Brigitta Windisch-Cole said that could be better for some residents wanting the same products and services available...
...according to the article. "They don't have that far to go before they reach the top," said Neal Fried, a department economist. But it could be several years before the stores are built, he added. Wal-Mart was listed in third place with...
...937. "That means we have a larger economy," department economist Brigitta Windisch-Cole said. Alaska ranks 16th...flat with some upward movement over the years," department economist Neil Fried said. Windisch-Cole said East Coast...
...construction, seafood, timber and mining industries all lost jobs in December, said John Boucher, a state Labor Department economist. The retail and government sectors increased employment as stores and the U.S. Postal Service added workers...
...state's budget deficit at record highs. As an example of just how volatile the state's oil-based economy is, department economists predict Alaska's budget deficit could be somewhere around $150 million, provided prices remain where they...
...We just count who is working in what business," explained Neil Gilbertsen, a Labor and Workforce Development Department economist. Complicating the picture is the Juneau-based McDowell Group's most recent study of the cruise industry's...
...construction, seafood, timber and mining industries all lost jobs in December, said John Boucher, a state Labor Department economist. The retail and government sectors increased employment as stores and the U.S. Postal Service added workers...