Apr 25, 2024 | Featured Home, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community
Historically, Arizona – and its greater Phoenix metro area – has had a relatively affordable housing market. Recently, though, housing costs in the Phoenix area rose faster than any other major metro area in the country during the pandemic.
Apr 19, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Featured Research, Job Reports
Arizona gained 8,700 nonfarm jobs in March (+0.27%) – putting Arizona near the middle of the pack with the 19th fastest month-over-month gain.
Apr 10, 2024 | 2024 Research, Education, Featured Research
FULL REPORT Authors: Glenn Farley Introduction For over a year, Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program has been open to any school-aged Arizona resident under its universal eligibility category. During that time, program enrollment has grown from...
Apr 4, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Jobs & Our Economy, Research
This year the Men’s Final Four is hosted in Phoenix for the second time. When the Men’s Final Four Championship games were last hosted in Phoenix (2017), it was the second highest-attended Final Four game (with 77,612 average nightly attendees).
Apr 2, 2024 | Featured Research, Recent Research, Research, State Budget
A thriving economy depends in part on an efficient government that operates at sustainable levels. One measure of efficiency: given the powers and duties reserved to and assumed by a government, how much does it take from the broader economy to accomplish them?
Mar 22, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Research, Job Reports, Research
Job growth was slow in February, with the Grand Canyon state posting a gain of just 2,200 jobs (+0.07%), but on a lagging year-over-year basis, growth remains stronger at 2.1%.