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Four Counties Top Arkansas Income Ranks

(October 2020) Four counties led Arkansas income ranks in the last decade, recording levels greater than the state average, according to federal data. The counties are Benton, Pulaski, Union and Arkansas. They were the only counties to report per capita personalincome levels greater than the Arkansas average in 2009 and 2018, U.S. Bureau of Economic […]

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Arkansas Jobs Growth Topped 21 States

(September 2020) Arkansas’ job creation rate topped 21 states in the national expansion that started in June 2009 and ended earlier this year in February,1 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)2 records show. Arkansas’ 10.4% growthrate in the period3 topped four states each in the Southeast, New England, Great Lakes and Midwest, and Plains; three in […]

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Arkansas Jobs Growth Topped 21 States

(September 2020) Arkansas’ job creation rate topped 21 states in the national expansion that started in June 2009 and ended earlier this year in February,1 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)2 records show. Arkansas’ 10.4% growthrate in the period3 topped four states each in the Southeast, New England, Great Lakes and Midwest, and Plains; three in […]

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Market Response To Covid-19

“The COVID-19 crisis is challenging the private, government and non-profit sectors to provide assistance in Arkansas … One goal is economic: expand the supply of medical services in response to increased demand from individuals.”Jonesboro Sun, April 24, 20201 (August 2020) The market response to COVID-19 is to increase the supply of medical services in response […]

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Investing In Arkansas

(July 2020) The Policy Foundation’s Efficiency Project (2015-16) , funded with support from private foundations represented an investment in Arkansas’ economic future. Savings from the Project and subsequent efforts to transform and reorganize Arkansas state government (2017-19) are leading to the achievement of fiscal policy goals. Arkansas’ economy will become more competitive as Gov. Asa […]

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Nber: U.S. Entered Recession In February

(June 8, 2020) The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the official arbiter of the U.S. business cycle announced today that the economy entered a recession in February, according to a release from the Cambridge,MA., nonprofit. The Policy Foundation announced last month that a recession began in February based on peaks in four coincident indicators […]

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U.S. Economy Entered Recession In February

(May 11, 2020) The longest economic expansion in U.S. history ended in February, a Policy Foundation analysis of four coincident indicators shows. The Foundation’s findings were published yesterday by TalkBusiness,  an Arkansas site that reports on commerce. The report notes nonfarm payroll employment, a coincident indicator, peakedin February, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]

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Newsmaker Interview: Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin On Efficiency, Transformation & Tax Cuts

(April 2020) A 5th generation Arkansan, Tim Griffin was raised in Magnolia and has served as Arkansas lieutenant governor since 2015.1 A fiscal conservative, Lt. Gov. Griffin spoke at the Policy Foundation’s 20th anniversary event in 2015 with Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Lt. Gov. Griffin served on the Transformation Advisory Board, a 15-member citizens panel (2017-18) […]

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The School Choice Market In East Arkansas

“The most callused aspect of the (Arkansas) education monopoly is that it willingly and deliberately forces children–except those whose parents have wealth–to attend bad schools. And it does so with financial resources taken from parents already struggling financially and at the expense of their ability to choose a better school for their sons and daughters.” […]

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