Fruit in an Alaska store. Photo taken in 2017 by Flickr user Charles Mims. Creative Commons license CC by 2.0.
Gunnar Schultz, economist with the Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development, examines the cost of living in Alaska and provides historical trends of inflation — which slowed down last year, compared to the turbulent years prior.
The July edition also features a piece on inflation comparisons within and outside of Alaska, and the monthly Gauging the Economy report.
Read the full edition here.
Trends is a nonpartisan, data-driven magazine that covers a variety of economic topics in Alaska.
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research & Analysis
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