Alaska job losses slow, population down

February Economic Trends article points to recession tapering, but migration into the state falling in wake of 2014 oil price crash

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

The lead article in February’s Alaska Economic Trends, published by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, indicates that the rate of job losses in the state is slowing, as the recession that followed the 2014 oil price crash works its way through the economy. But since 2013 about....

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