Sep 13, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Inflation Reports, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
Consumer prices in the United States continued their record ascent in August, rising 8.7% over the last 12 months and 0.1% over July. More distressingly, core inflation sharply accelerated to 0.6% (from 0.3% in July).
Aug 24, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Healthcare, Recent Research, Research
Opioid abuse has been a growing national problem; according to the CDC today opioids are a factor in three-quarters of all overdose deaths and since 2020 the crisis has only accelerated.
Aug 19, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Job Reports, Jobs & Our Economy, Research
On a year-over-year basis job growth remained at 3.5% in July (down from 6.7% at this time last year), and Arizona had the 6th fastest job growth in the country.
Jul 22, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Job Reports, Jobs & Our Economy, Research
Arizona added 15,000 nonfarm jobs in May (+0.49%) and the Unemployment Rate increased to 3.3% (+0.1%) – and though this is the largest monthly job increase in six months, the job market continues to show signs of softening as general national economic conditions deteriorate.
Jul 13, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Inflation Reports, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
Consumer prices in the United States continued their record ascent in June, rising 9.1% over the last 12 months – the highest rates in 41 years. At 12.3%, price inflation in the Phoenix metropolitan area remains both well above the national average and at the highest levels ever recorded for the city.
Jul 13, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community, Recent Research, Research
The lack of housing affordability is even more acute in Arizona and the Phoenix metro market, where prices have increased much more quickly than nationally; prices here have risen 40% since the end of 2020, versus 25% for the United States