Arkansas Business and Economic Review articles from December 1999

Arkansas Business and Economic Review archives from December 1999

Lotto Fever: Is it Catching in Arkansas?(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Introduction State supported gambling has long been an alluring financial cure-all, a quick fix for raising revenues. Both public and private betting have been popular in America since colonial times. Thirty years ago, a person had to...

Blytheville Spreads Its Wings After Air Force Base Closing.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... This article originally appeared in the July 1999 edition of The Regional Economist published by the Research and Public Affairs departments of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and is reprinted with permission of The Regional Economist....

Border Town: Texarkana From 1969 to 1997.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... At some points along the border between Arkansas and Texas, movement between the two states can be done with ease. As a result, individuals and businesses can elect whether they wish to be residents of, or workers in, Arkansas or Texas....

Arkansas Labor Force Estimates January 2000.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Arkansas Labor Force Estimates January 2000 Total Employment Jan. 2000 Jan. 1999 United States [1]...

Construction.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Construction Arkansas Construction Contracts Quarterly values seasonally adjusted and annualized (millions of...

Employment.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Employment Arkansas Labor Force and Employment Monthly values seasonally adjusted (thousands) Total Manufacturing Unemployment ...

Farm.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Farm Cash Receipts from Farm Marketings Quarterly values seasonally adjusted and annualized (millions of dollars) In Current $s ...

Value Added.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Value Added Arkansas Value Added by Manufacture Quarterly values seasonally adjusted and annualized (millions of dollars) In Current $s ...

Personal Income.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Personal Income Arkansas Personal Income Quarterly values seasonally adjusted and annualized (millions of dollars) In Current $s ...

State Revenues.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... State Revenues Arkansas State Revenues Total Total Total General % Change Total General Special and Special Over Adjusted Month Revenues...

Selected Producer and Consumer Prices.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Selected Producer and Consumer Prices Producer Prices Consumer Prices Total All Items Total Con-...

Wall Street Meets Main Street: Rural Banking in the Natural State.(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... As a result of many changes that have taken place during the past decade, the Arkansas banking industry has attracted increasing public attention. In a recent article, John Hall and Ralph Shull note that despite inter- and intrastate mergers,...