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Alaska economic forecast: partly cloudy/sunny

...the second highest year on record."Can't break records every year," said Marcus Hartley vice president and senior economist for Northern Economics. Hartley spoke in Juneau Thursday with Executive Director of the World Trade Center Alaska...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-01-18/alaska-economic-forecast-partly-cloudys
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Retailers report best sales growth since March

...conditions and the overall economy."This is bit of a head scratcher," said Mark Vitner, a Wells Fargo Securities senior economist. "This runs counter to most of the other data related to the consumer."But Roxane Battle Morrison, 50, said...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-08-30/retailers-report-best-sales-growth-ma
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Student debt affect 1 in 5 households By HOPE YEN

...the lowest-income fifth of households are the ones experiencing the greatest stresses," said Richard Fry, a senior economist at Pew who analyzed the numbers.Noting that college enrollment has continued to climb since 2010, Fry added...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-09-28/student-debt-affect-1-5-households-ho
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Economist predicts Juneau to avoid major unemployment

During a recent visit to Juneau, Ameriprise Senior Economist Russell Price sat down for an interview with the...Prior to joining Ameriprise Financial, Price was the senior economist for H&R Block Financial Advisors for seven years...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-11-06/economist-predicts-juneau-avoid-major-u
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Alaska economic outlook good for 2012

...communities and jobs," according to an Alaska World Trade Center announcement. Jonathan King, the principal and senior economist from Northern Economics reported on the Alaska's major industries and industry contribution to the state's economy...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-01-20/alaska-economic-outlook-good-2012
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Will frugality go out the window on Black Friday?

...cameras and a bunch of gaming consoles," Tiffer said. As previously reported in the Empire, Ameriprise Financial Senior Economist Russell Price said U.S. consumers are reaching a kind of austerity exhaustion, they are tired of savings and paying...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-11-24/will-frugality-go-out-window-black-frid
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Debt deal or not, weak economy is likely to suffer

...growth and damage the already feeble recovery, at least in the short term. "Pick your poison," says Ben Herzon, senior economist at Macroeconomic Advisers, an economic forecasting firm. Macroeconomic Advisers studied the impact of the $2...

http://juneauempire.com/christopher-s-rugaber/2011-07-28/debt-deal-or-not-weak-e
Tongass restoration: Investments in communities and ecosystems

...conservation makes common sense. Sacrificing one for the other is bad business. ? Hjerpe holds a Ph.D. and is a senior economist with The Wilderness Society. He lives in Anchorage.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-09-08/tongass-restoration-investments-commu
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Alaskans receive among highest federal paybacks

...New Jersey gets the lowest return on its federal taxes, at 62 cents per dollar. Scott Moody, the foundation's senior economist, said Alaska ranks near the list's top because of a proportionately large number of federal employees and an unusually...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/081503/sta_akreceive.shtml
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Juneau Empire Story Archive

...giving rise to inflation. ``Higher productivity is an unmitigated good for the economy,'' said Stan Shipley, senior economist at Merrill Lynch, noting that the rise in productivity came along with a drop in labor costs. ``Inflation just...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030700/Bre_news.shtml

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