private sector employment

According to the latest Arizona Workforce Employment Report released last month, the percentage of unemployed Arizonans dropped from 9.3 percent in April to 9.1 percent in May – the third consecutive decrease since February, and one that brings Arizona’s unemployment in line with the rest of the nation’s. Despite the continued drop in unemployed Arizonans, Ronald Gunderson, a professor of economics at NAU, said the state – along with the rest of the nation – has a long path out of the … [Read more...] about Jobs Report Showing Signs of Growth