Arizona Business articles from August 1991

Arizona Business archives from August 1991

Slow economy lowers inflation rate. (Phoenix, Arizona)
August 1, 1991... Following a quarter of no change in the general price level of goods and services in the Phoenix area, prices barely rose in the second quarter--only 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis. National economic recessions always have the...

Federal expenditures in Arizona jumped in 1990.
August 1, 1991... Federal funds distributed in Arizona in fiscal year 1990 totaled $15.1 billion, an increase of 12.5 percent from 1989. This was the second straight year in which Arizona's increase was substantially larger than the national average. Even the...

Decennial census provides profile of Arizona housing.
August 1, 1991... Home values in Arizona rose far less than the inflation rate between 1980 and 1990. Meanwhile, vacancy rates rose substantially, with more than one in six Arizona housing units in 1990 either vacant or occupied entirely by persons having a...

Purchasing indicators hold steady in June.
August 1, 1991... The Arizona economy was on hold in June and seemed to be struggling to find a real formula for recovery, according to indicators derived from Arizona State University's monthly survey of Arizona purchasing managers conducted by the Center for...

Rising leading index suggests recovery may be near. (Arizona Index of Leading Economic Indicators)
August 1, 1991... The Arizona Index of Leading Economic Indicators increased in May to 116.8. The May number was 0.3 percent higher than the revised 116.5 number for April 1991 and 1.4 percent below the May 1990 number of 118.4 (1982 = 100). Production,...