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2012 Alaska Economic Trends

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February 2012 Federal Spending in Alaska
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The federal government has been Alaska’s largest employer since the days before statehood, generating approximately a third of all jobs in the state. That means Alaska has a lot to lose as proposed federal budget cuts over the next 10 years could top $1.5 trillion — the largest spending cuts since the end of World War II.
February 2012 Trends

   
January 2012 Employment Forecast for 2012
Click to read January 2012 Alaska Economic Trends

Alaska gained jobs for the second consecutive year in 2011 after ripple effects from the national and global recession ended the state’s 21-year growth streak in 2009. More growth is forecasted for Alaska in 2012 — a modest increase of 1.2 percent, or 3,900 jobs — but neither the global nor U.S. economies are on clear recovery paths yet, and that will dampen the Alaska outlook in the coming year.
January 2012 Trends

   

 

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