Arizona Business articles from May 1994

Arizona Business archives from May 1994

1994 forecast brightens, 1995 outlook remains strong. (Quarterly Economic Forecast)
May 1, 1994... The economic forecast for 1994 has changed for the better this quarter, while the outlook for 1995 remains substantially the same as it was three months ago. The boost in the national outlook for the current year is largely the result of...

Arizona leading index dips slightly in February. (Arizona Index of Leading Economic Indicators) (Quarterly Economic Forecast)
May 1, 1994... The Arizona Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell in February to 98.4. The number was 0.2 percent below the revised 98.6 number for January 1994 and 1.3 percent above the February 1993 number of 97.1 (1987 = 100). Inventories, the real...

Per person taxes below average in Arizona. (Quarterly Economic Forecast)
May 1, 1994... In 1990--91, per person inflation-adjusted taxes and spending fell in Arizona, putting each further below the national average. In each case, the gain since 1980 was slightly less in Arizona than the national average. However, Arizona's weak...

Out-migration from California increased in 1992-93. (Quarterly Economic Forecast)
May 1, 1994... Following substantial changes in the geographic pattern of state-to-state migration flows in the early 1990s, flows during the 1992--93 fiscal year were much like those during 1991--92. The biggest difference was an even greater net outflow...

Annual inflation rate declines in metro Phoenix area. (Phoenix, Arizona) (Quarterly Economic Forecast)
May 1, 1994... The annual rate of inflation in the Phoenix area dropped to 2.3 percent at the end of first quarter 1994, about equal to the national average. For the fourth consecutive quarter, Phoenix area inflation was less than 1 percent, rising a...

Arizona retail sales again rose vigorously in 1993. (Quarterly Economic Forecast)
May 1, 1994... The information presented in Tables 1 and 2 is derived from sales tax collected by the Arizona Department of Revenue (DOR). This data source is limited in that it is designed to be an accounting series in which the emphasis is on collection of...

Average wage rose in 1992 in U.S. and Arizona. (Quarterly Economic Forecast)
May 1, 1994... The inflation-adjusted average wage per job rose in 1992 across Arizona and the nation, aided by an economic recovery and a relatively low inflation rate. Despite this gain, the real average wage across most of Arizona still was less than it...