by - June 18, 2023 1:32 pm
University of Arkansas Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj has been parsing through the Federal Reserve Bank’s statement on economic conditions from last week. The signals are mixed, but he thinks…
by - May 16, 2019 11:29 am
The economy isn’t growing as fast as it was, but it’s still growing, and a recession may not occur until 2021 or even later, the American Trucking Associations’ chief economist…
by - May 27, 2016 2:34 pm
The national economy is creeping along at a slightly swifter pace than initially thought in the first three months of 2016, but annualized 0.8% GDP growth rate reported Friday (May…
by - August 12, 2014 9:00 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors dove into the region's economy and attempted to understand why the city has some of the highest numbers of households depending on welfare and…
by - December 12, 2013 9:59 am
Arvest Bank has commissioned a large-scale consumer sentiment survey to measure and report the economic expectations and outlook of consumers in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. The survey will measure respondents’…
by - December 10, 2013 7:23 pm
Most of the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas business leaders who responded to an informal survey from The City Wire are optimistic about overall economic conditions in 2014, but worry…
by - June 17, 2013 11:58 am
With the exception of Fort Smith, five of the six metro areas covered in the Little Rock Zone of the Federal Reserve’s St. Louis District showed improvement or flatline stability…
by - October 4, 2012 11:39 pm
The average age of cars and trucks on the road today is 11 years old. Historically it's been about 8 years, but consumers have held on to their vehicles longer…
by - October 4, 2012 1:04 pm
Retailers across the country said sales slowed in September following a busy back-to-school season. The 17 retail chains tracked by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S reported a cumulative same-store sales increase of…
by - August 30, 2012 1:17 pm
Consumers are a fickle bunch these days but they showed up in droves at a vast number of retailers that scored higher than expected retail sales in August. A group…
by - August 23, 2012 6:50 pm
Much like the national economy, Northwest Arkansas consumers slowed their spending in June. After several months of positive sales tax growth, four of the five largest commercial districts in the…
by - July 3, 2012 3:35 pm
Arkansans are doing their part to spur on auto sales in 2012. Through the first half of this year there were 58,494 new auto registrations logged with the Arkansas Office…
by - June 27, 2012 2:14 pm
Stagnant personal income, modest improvements in the housing and job markets and a curtain of uncertainty hanging over the U.S. economy will keep domestic growth muted in the back half…
by - June 22, 2012 4:06 pm
Northwest Arkansas businesses collected 4.4% more in sales tax during April which returned $4.265 million to the region’s five largest retail markets in June, according to the Arkansas Department of…
by - April 26, 2012 3:00 pm
The local economy across Northwest Arkansas continues to mend as proven by healthy sales tax collections reported by the Arkansas Department of Finance on Wednesday. Among the region’s five largest…
by - January 25, 2012 3:48 pm
Economists at a northwest Arkansas business forecast predicted “modest expansion” for the state and national economies with little worry of a full-blown second recession. “I think the time to panic…
