Does Arizona have enough skilled workers to keep up with housing demand?
Research Professor and Economist Lee McPheters says we're relying on the labor market and Arizona hasn't been a hot market for the construction industry.
Value of damage caused by BP oil spill
Emeritus Regents Professor of Economics Kerry Smith talks about his research paper, which estimates $17.2 billion in environmental reparations.
The CORE Institute's high-tech health care strategy
Hear Chairman and CEO Dr. David Jacofsky's keynote presentation about how the Phoenix-based practice continues to celebrate success in driving physician, hospital, and payer alignment to deliver patient outcomes, thanks to its proprietary IT platform.
The U.S. economy is stronger than you think
The U.S. economy is stronger than the GDP growth rate suggests, and now is the time for the Federal Reserve to begin gradually raising the federal funds target rate.
Arizona economy in recovery — relatively
At long last, 2016 will be the year we can call the Arizona economy recovered, according to economists Lee McPheters and Elliott Pollack, who spoke at at the 52nd Annual ASU/JPMorgan Chase Economic Forecast Luncheon.
Creative financing could hurt borrowers when housing market cools
Almost anyone can buy a home these days, thanks to specialty mortgages that lower the financial threshold for admission into the hot real estate market.
Mortgages, credit cards and the new bankruptcy code
The new, tighter U.S.
Americans unwilling to give up their gas
Despite higher gas prices, American consumers have not backed off their demand for gas, apparently preferring to cut back consumption in other areas. Average U.S.
After the storm: Adjusting to natural disasters
The first anniversary of the disaster wrought by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which destroyed more than 400,000 homes in New Orleans and along Mississippi's Gulf coast, raises questions about how an area's housing market recovers from disaster — and about the wisdom of locating housing along hist
The two faces of entrepreneurship, part one: Replicative entrepreneurs serve growing population
Entrepreneur magazine recently ranked Arizona as the top hot spot for entrepreneurs. However, it is replicative, not innovative, entrepreneurs who are flourishing in Arizona.