Fasten your seatbelt for another decline, but 2011 should end better than it begins
Housing prices in the Phoenix-metro area are likely to continue dropping for the next several months, says Karl Guntermann, professor of finance and real estate who compiles the Arizona State University-Repeat Sales Index (ASU-RSI).
Season or trend? Phoenix real estate market slows
It's not unusual for the real estate market to slide into the doldrums in the fall and winter, but the Phoenix market was all but becalmed in November.
Outstanding Senior brings global perspective to IS
The rapidly globalizing world of business and information systems doesn't scare Nadine Yassine — in fact, she welcomes it.
Giving back at the Tempe Public Library: DISC members teach computing classes
Twice a week during the fall and spring semester, members of the Department of Information Systems' DISC club teach basic computing classes at the Tempe Public Library.
Avnet's Steve Phillips: IT is an 'enabler for growth'
Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. is one of the largest distributors of electronics components, computer products and embedded technology, a company whose roots go back to 1921. But technology is more than a product at Avnet.
ASU-RSI: Battered Phoenix housing market enters the winter doldrums
At first glance, the drop in year-over-year Phoenix housing prices recorded in the October Arizona State University-Repeat Sales Index (ASU-RSI) could appear to be unmitigated bad news: this means prices compared to a year ago dropped for the third consecutive month.
National Economic Forecast: The end of 2011 will be strong, but beyond 2012? Depends who you ask
Economists like to talk about the shape of the economic recovery. Ideally, it would have been V-shaped: a rapid, dramatic upswing following the recession. Several months into the recovery, which technically began in June 2009, economists were predicting a still-not-shabby U-shape.
Arizona's economy: Recovery at a glacial pace
Arizona's economic recovery will continue to move at a glacial speed in 2011 — but at least it's moving. The coming new year will see an increase in job creation, a rise in population and even a modest increase in single-family home permits.
Will increasingly optimistic younger shoppers buoy holiday sales ... and the economy?
After the turkey trimmings are stowed in the fridge, some 138 million shoppers are expected to hit the mall on Friday — up 4 million from last year.
U.S. economy grew 2.5 percent in Q3
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the measure of the nation's output of goods and services, grew by 2.5 percent in the third quarter of the year, according to recently revised figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.