Economic Briefing 2016 Archive

Click here to download While Nevada as a whole has seen employment growth of roughly 2 percent over the past year, Elko County has seen stagnation, growing only 0.3 percent over the same period....

Click here to download Nevada’s economy reached a notable milestone recently when total employment climbed to an all-time high in October. The 1.31 million jobs reported statewide that month...

Click here to download Heading into the holiday shopping season, retailers won’t be the only ones closely watching consumer behavior throughout the United States and Nevada. Economists will...

Click here to download With national economic growth picking up over the second half of the year, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has stated that the case for an interest rate increase has...

Click here to downloadUnemployment also saw positive trends as Nevada reported an unemployment rate of 6.5 percent in July 2016 (latest available data). This represents a drop of half a percentage...