Home / Featured Research & Reports « Back to All Reports Anchorage Consumer Optimism Index: Q2 2026 The Anchorage Consumer Optimism Index registered 40.5 out of 100, showing a 0.3% increase vs Q1 2026 report. Consumer confidence ticked up slightly from Q1’s...
Home / Featured Research & Reports « Back to All Reports 2026 Economic Trends Report August 5th, 2026 A Decade in Review, Current Conditions, and a Three-Year Outlook Prepared by Anchorage Economic Development Corporation with forecasting by Alyssa...
Home / Featured Research & Reports « Back to All Reports Anchorage Employment Report: May 2026 Each month, AEDC publishes the Anchorage Jobs Report, providing key insights into the city’s labor market. This report highlights local unemployment trends,...
Home / Featured Research & Reports « Back to All Reports Anchorage Consumer Optimism Index: Q1 2026 The Anchorage Economic Confidence Index registered 40.2 out of 100, reflecting generally pessimistic views about the local economy and future economic conditions....
Home / Featured Research & Reports « Back to All Reports Cost of Living Index Report 2026 Q1 Quarter 1, 2026Anchorage, ALASKA The Anchorage Economic Development Corporation collects cost of living data by measuring the relative price of consumer goods and...
Anchorage’s economy over the past decade is best understood as three distinct eras layered on top of a few persistent, structural trends. The three eras, a pre-COVID oil-price driven recession (2015–2019), the COVID shock (2020–2021), and a post-COVID recovery (2022–2026), each with their own distinct causes and outcomes. The data shows... Read More
