by - January 30, 2025 5:00 pm
There is a shortage of affordable housing in Northwest Arkansas, a fact noted by consumers, foundations, public officials and in media reports. Every city in the region is affected by…
by - May 30, 2024 3:25 pm
The U.S. economy has entered the fifth year of an economic expansion that began in May 2020, according to employment, income, sales and production metrics. This overlooked development is unlikely…
by - December 3, 2023 4:21 pm
The U.S. economy is well into the fourth year of an economic expansion that began in May 2020, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research’s (NBER) Business Cycle Dating…
by - March 29, 2023 2:24 pm
Arkansas isn’t 48th or 49th. We’re in the Top 10 in the United States in one charitable metric. A broad-based coalition of Arkansans have distributed more than 13,000 dictionaries to…
by - May 8, 2022 10:26 am
The U.S. economy is about to enter the third year of an economic expansion that began in May 2020, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research’s business cycle dating…
by - August 18, 2021 1:49 pm
The recent announcement by a National Bureau of Economic Research panel that last year’s recession lasted a mere two months is another reminder postwar recessions tend to have short durations….
by - April 18, 2021 11:21 am
Last year’s recession is a reminder the business cycle has not been repealed. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) declared that a…
by - May 10, 2020 6:40 pm
The recent national payroll employment report for April, which showed a decline of 20.5 million jobs and a 14.7% unemployment provides additional evidence a recession is underway. Coupled with peaks…
by - September 8, 2019 2:36 pm
Significant attention has focused recently on the inverted yield curve. The yield curve for U.S. treasuries is said to invert when a short rate such as the three-month Treasury bill trades…
by - March 27, 2019 1:49 pm
A long-standing goal of Arkansas policymakers has been achieving 100% income parity with the U.S. average. A release this week from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows how far…
by - October 16, 2018 8:47 pm
“Shared services” is an important component of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s proposed government reorganization, the first serious effort to reorganize state agencies since 1972. “The proposal will improve management control throughout…
by - June 17, 2018 1:56 pm
Tourism plays an important role in Arkansas’ economy. Total travel expenditures exceeded $8.2 billion last year, according to a preliminary state Department of Parks and Tourism report that estimates nearly…
by - November 25, 2017 12:10 pm
‘Thank God for Mississippi’ or National Contender? What is your perception of Arkansas’ economy? Last week’s local personal income release from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is a powerful…
by - September 4, 2017 6:18 pm
Entrepreneurs, public officials and academics have worked in the 21st Century to increase market awareness that Arkansas’ economy includes a growing “high-tech” component. One way to illustrate this development is…
by - March 16, 2016 8:32 pm
Editor’s note: Greg Kaza is executive director of the Arkansas Policy Foundation, a nonprofit think tank founded in 1995 in Little Rock. His organization is spearheading Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Efficiency…
