Output of the national economy in the second quarter (Q2) of the year grew at an inflation adjusted annualized pace of 1.3 percent. While the Q2 rise in GDP was an improvement over the 0.4 percent increase in Q1, the gain was the second weakest since the recovery began in mid-year 2009.

Strong labor markets in eleven metropolitan areas accounted for one out of every three jobs created in the nation during the past 12 months. U.S.

At their annual kick-off event, members of the Economic Club of Phoenix heard from executives representing two Arizona-based companies that are thriving despite a daunting business climate. Hear from President and CEO of Fox Restaurant Concepts and Harkins CEO Dan Harkins.

As analysts debate the possibility of a double dip in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), many would argue that the economy cannot move into a sustainable recovery without improvement in housing.

Even those who don't usually follow economic indicators could not ignore the dismal news about U.S.

The U.S. economic recovery is anemic. Unemployment is high, and housing is depressed. Gyrations in the stock market leave investors dizzy. But in these difficult times there is cause for optimism, from the standpoint of both individual investors and the U.S.

If Arizona’s economy were a hospital patient, she would be out of intensive care, but still in the hospital. In other words, the economy is doing better and certainly on the road to recovery, but it isn’t recovered yet.

JDA Software President and CEO Hamish Brewer presented a primer on supply chain management and discussed the technology-driven improvements that will alter the way business decisions are made and executed at the Economic Club of Phoenix Luncheon on Jan. 11, 2012.

Job Growth, Arizona EcoomyArizona is adding jobs at a rate that puts the state in the top 10 for job growth, but full economic recovery is still ahead, according to Lee McPheters, economist and director of the JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the measure of the nation's output of goods and services, grew by 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest figures from the U. S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.