Alaska Economic Trends
Alaska Economic Trends is a monthly magazine that covers a range of economic topics.
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![Cover The Ketchikan Pulp Mill Closure](/sites/default/files/trends-mag-thumbs/cover_jan01.jpg)
This article examines the impact on the workers who lost their jobs when the mill closed.
![Cover Yukon - Koyukuk Census Area](/sites/default/files/trends-mag-thumbs/cover_feb01.jpg)
Learn about the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in this profile of rural interior Alaska.
![Cover New Hires in Alaska](/sites/default/files/trends-mag-thumbs/cover_mar01.jpg)
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.
![Cover The Year 2000 In Review](/sites/default/files/trends-mag-thumbs/cover_apr01.jpg)
Employment grew by 2.2%, twice 1999's rate and close to the average growth rate for the past decade
![Cover Employment Growth Forecast](/sites/default/files/trends-mag-thumbs/cover_may01.jpg)
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
![Cover The Cost of Living in Alaska](/sites/default/files/trends-mag-thumbs/cover_jun01.jpg)
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.
![Cover Prince of Wales Island](/sites/default/files/trends-mag-thumbs/cover_nov01.jpg)
Timber has fallen and fish prices are slippery leaving fewer jobs..
![Cover Seniors in Alaska](/sites/default/files/trends-mag-thumbs/cover_dec01.jpg)
Alaska's senior population is one of the fastest growing in the nation?