AZ Business Magazine
Steady, improving employment numbers at both the local and national levels are the highlight of an ongoing, eight-year economic recovery, which saw unemployment as high as 10 percent. With unemployment hovering around 5 percent now, top Valley economists say this is likely “as good as it’s going to get” recovery-wise for the foreseeable future.
Economists Elliott Pollack of Elliott D. Pollack & Company, Jim Huntzinger, executive vice president and chief investment officer of BOK Financial and Economics Correspondent Andrew Walker of BBC World Service shared their assessments of the state, local and international economies during the Economic Outlook 2017 event on Oct. 11. presented by the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce (GPCC) and Cox Communications at the Arizona Biltmore, A
