How's Alaska's economy doing? Not great but it also kinda depends

The pandemic has hit Alaska and Alaskans differently with the service sector and tourism-driven economies hit particularly hard.

Apr 01, 2021

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Happy April Fool’s, Alaska! It’s Day 73 of the 32nd Legislature.

Institute of Social and Economic Research economist Mouhcine Guettabi has been one of the state’s go-to experts to understand the state of the state’s economy and how it’s been faring through the pandemic. He gave an excellent and detailed presentation to the Senate Finance Committee on Wed…

The Alaska Memo by Matt Buxton

How's Alaska's economy doing? Not great but it also kinda depends

The pandemic has hit Alaska and Alaskans differently with the service sector and tourism-driven economies hit particularly hard.

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