by - January 26, 2025 9:51 am
Jobs are growing, unemployment is low, gross domestic product is strong, and consumer spending is healthy. Arkansas’ economy is booming, right? Yes and no. That’s according to University of Arkansas…
by - December 17, 2023 9:52 am
Mervin Jebaraj, economist with the University of Arkansas Walton College of Business, offers a gymnastics analogy for the Federal Reserve Bank’s handling of the tumultuous economy. Observers have wondered if…
by - July 31, 2023 1:46 pm
UA Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj says the U.S. economy is not too hot and not too cool; it’s transitioning from high inflation and a near recession at just the…
by - June 8, 2023 5:25 pm
It may feel like a recession in some respects when consumers stock up on groceries, pay their rent or book airfare, but Mervin Jebaraj said odds are the economy will…
by - May 7, 2023 10:21 am
University of Arkansas Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj has a lot of history to rely on when examining current economic conditions. Arkansas and the U.S. are experiencing record low unemployment…
by - December 25, 2022 8:41 am
If the path to the heart is through the stomach, stuffing might have Mervin Jebaraj’s heart. And sweet potato pie. “Stuffing. That’s the best part of Thanksgiving,” Jebaraj noted when…
by - July 11, 2021 9:54 am
The state’s $945.7 million budget surplus will offer lawmakers and Gov. Asa Hutchinson a chance to reduce the state’s income tax bracket, but it will present other opportunities for investments….
by - May 30, 2021 10:11 am
In recent months, consumers have been feeling the effects of rising prices, an inflationary movement concerning business leaders and politicians. Economist Mervin Jebaraj with the University of Arkansas Walton College…
by - May 2, 2021 10:58 am
UA Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj said new tax cuts and those proposed for later this year could help in a variety of ways, especially for lower income Arkansans, and…
by - October 8, 2020 6:02 pm
A new report compares Northwest Arkansas to other prosperous metros in the United States, but the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying recession have impacted economic activity so far this year….
by - September 7, 2020 1:29 pm
University of Arkansas Walton College of Business economist Mervin Jebaraj contends the tourism and hospitality industry needs a greater and more targeted stimulus in order to survive, especially if Arkansas…
by - July 5, 2020 9:52 am
University of Arkansas economist Mervin Jebaraj gives the federal government a pretty good grade for its economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but he says the state and nation are…
by - June 7, 2020 9:59 am
UA Walton College of Business economist Mervin Jebaraj said initial signs of how Arkansas is faring from the COVID-19 pandemic indicate the state was not hit as hard as neighboring…
by - May 3, 2020 8:36 pm
Economist Mervin Jebaraj isn’t going to sugar-coat it: the second quarter for the American economy will be much worse than the first quarter. Jebaraj, economist with the University of Arkansas…
by - February 3, 2020 8:06 am
Despite breakthroughs on two international trade deals and low unemployment in Arkansas, economist Mervin Jebaraj doesn’t expect much to change with the Arkansas economy in 2020. Jebaraj, who appeared on…
by - September 2, 2019 10:48 am
University of Arkansas Walton College of Business economist Mervin Jebaraj said that the lack of global coordination among world leaders isn’t helping efforts to avoid a U.S. or worldwide recession….
by - July 28, 2019 5:09 pm
Economist Mervin Jebaraj said that Arkansas’ record low unemployment rate is a positive, but he warned that it could still be revised like it has in previous instances. Jebaraj, director…
by - June 30, 2019 9:37 am
University of Arkansas economist Mervin Jebaraj has plenty to talk about these days, including debt impact on Arkansans and a growing separation of incomes that he believes threatens democracy. Appearing…
by - April 28, 2019 10:15 am
University of Arkansas Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj says Census data shows that Northwest Arkansas population growth has accounted for about 87% of the state’s overall increase in this decade….
by - March 31, 2019 11:17 am
University of Arkansas’ Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj admits that the yield curve inversion has been an accurate predictor of past recessions, but he warns that the current economic environment…
