Read the Report 2019 3-Year Outlook Report Last year’s 3-Year Forecast headline read: ”A growing body of evidence indicates the recession is likely near its bottom and the local economy is poised for recovery.” Today’s reality no longer supports such optimism....
While the latest available data indicates Anchorage losing jobs in the first half of 2018, job losses are expected to continue to moderate, reaching a point by early 2019 where Anchorage’s economy is no longer in recession. Each year AEDC offers its perspective on...
2017 Anchorage 3-Year Economic Outlook Halfway through 2017 it is evident that Anchorage’s economy, as measured by total employment, continues to retreat from its 2015 peak. The latest available estimates place Anchorage employment down about three percent over the...
2016 Anchorage 3-Year Economic Outlook The final numbers for 2015 confirm that employment in Anchorage climbed to record levels last year, averaging just over 156,000 jobs, 1,000 jobs above 2014. Some observers might be surprised by the numbers; however, job growth in...
2015 Anchorage 3-Year Economic Outlook Following five years of robust growth, including 7,500 new private sector jobs resulting in an all-time record high of 155,720 average annual total jobs in 2013, employment in Anchorage settled back in 2014, shedding about 690...
