Arizona Business articles from May 1992

Arizona Business archives from May 1992

New CBR study reveals economic impact of ASU. (Center for Business Research; Arizona State University's contribution to Phoenix-area businesses)
May 1, 1992... Arizona State University's most obvious and fundamental contribution to the Phoenix area and to the state of Arizona is education and training which prepares thousands of students each year to assume their roles in an ever more complex and...

Arizona average wage continued to slip in 1990.
May 1, 1992... The average wage per job throughout Arizona failed to keep pace with the national average between 1980 and 1990, according to recently released data for 1990 from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. These data provide...

Low-wage sectors show the most employment growth.
May 1, 1992... A notable shift in employment trends occurred in the U.S. in the 1980s: new jobs were created disproportionately in sectors paying below average wages. This shift also occurred in Arizona in the late 1980s, and was more marked, compared both to...

Home sales, appreciation brightened in metro area in 1991.
May 1, 1992... After spiraling downward for many years, the Phoenix metropolitan housing market began to show the promise of recovery in 1991. While the promise brightened during the year, the overall level of improvement over 1990 was slight in all sectors...

Price deflation measured in first quarter. (Phoenix, Arizona)
May 1, 1992... The Phoenix area experienced slight price deflation during first quarter 1992 for only the fourth time in the 17-year history of the Metropolitan Phoenix Consumer Price Index. Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index fell C.4 percent to 137.8...

Arizona retail sales post fifth week year in 1991.
May 1, 1992... Retail sales gains in Arizona in 1991 were weak for the fifth consecutive year. On an inflation-adjusted per person basis, retail sales fell 1.8 percent in 1991, comparable to the declines between 1987 and 1989 (see Table 1). This decline was...

Arizona leading index strengthens again in February. (Arizona Index of Leading Economic Indicators)
May 1, 1992... The Arizona index of Leading Economic Indicators rallied in February to 118.6. The February number was 1.0 percent higher than the revised 117.4 number for January 1992 and 2.4 percent above the February 1991 number of 11 5.8 (1982 = 100). ...

Purchasing indicators rise again in March.
May 1, 1992... The Arizona economy brightened up a bit more in Marsh, according to indicators derived from the monthly survey of Arizona purchasing managers conducted by the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies in the College of Business at Arizona State...