Alaska Economic Trends
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This article examines the impact on the workers who lost their jobs when the mill closed.
Learn about the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in this profile of rural interior Alaska.
The workforce is dynamic. Businesses open, close, expand, and contract. One means of measuring business activity in the state is the New Hires Quarterly Report.
Employment grew by 2.2%, twice 1999's rate and close to the average growth rate for the past decade
Although the national economic outlook is currently a bit uncertain, the two-year employment projection for Alaska is quite positive. More than 11,000 jobs could be added during the next two years
Ever since the first gold strike, Alaska's higher cost of living has been a major topic of conversation. A body of lore and myth surrounds the idea of how much things cost in Alaska versus the rest of the country.
Timber has fallen and fish prices are slippery leaving fewer jobs..
Alaska's senior population is one of the fastest growing in the nation?