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Arizona's economy is recovering, but has long way to go. Job growth in Arizona so far this year is about 2 percent annualized, after a couple of years of decline. But it will take several years for housing stock to be absorbed, this will occur only when stagnation in mobility ends.Michael Chihak interviews Marshall J. Vest, Director of the Economic and Business Research Center, at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management, on KUAT TV's Arizona Week. 8/5/11
Arizona is coming out of the recession, but very slowly. The big question mark for the second half of the year is consumer confidence and the long term impacts of the State's budget woesMarshall Vest, Director of the Economic and Business Research Center, at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management, and Dennis Hoffman, Ph.D., an economics professor and director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute at the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU, discuss the economic outlook for Arizona at the beginning of this new fiscal year. 7/1/10
Mexican visitors to Arizona contribute $2.7 Billion in direct spending, $3.6 Billion in indirect spending, generating more than 30,000 jobs in the stateTwo EBR experts, Dr. Alberta Charney, EBR Research Director, and Dr. Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi, Regional Scientist, join Arizona Public Media's Tony Paniagua to discuss the economic impact of legal Mexican visitors to the state of Arizona. It's a study which has been cited frequently recently, especially given the controversial SB 1070 which has led to efforts by some Mexicans to boycott Arizona. 6/1/10.
Arizona faces one of the nation’s most severe state budget crises. The State of Arizona this year is spending roughly $10.1 billion, but revenues of only $6.4 billion will be collected. Marshall J. Vest, Director Economic and Business Research Center, and Professor Gerald Swanson, Eller College of Management, are interviewed in a KUAT TV special report. 1/29/10
Economic forecast predictions from 3 top Arizona economistsMarshall Vest, Director of UA Economic and Business Research, Dr. Thomas Bates, Associate Professor of Finance at Arizona State University, and Dr. Christopher Lamoureux, Professor and Head of the University of Arizona Finance Department, discuss this challenging year. 12/17/08
Checking in with three states in budget limboMarshall Vest: the declines that we've seen are simply stunning. In 30 years this never happened before... NPR story on state budget crises. 9/15/09
Is there light at the end of the tunnel? Mid-year economic outlookEller College economists, Marshall Vest, Gerald Swanson, Ph D and W.P. Carey School economist Thomas Bates, Ph.D., give their mid-year assessment of the Arizona and national economy.
Economists weigh-in on Economic OutlookKUAT TV Arizona Illustrated interview with economists Marshall J. Vest, Gerald Swanson, and Deborah Roubik. 12/17/08
Economic forecaster concerned over failure of bailout planKUAT TV Arizona Illustrated interview with Eller College economist Marshall J. Vest. 9/29/08
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