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02/10/2015

View Jeremy's presentation from Preview Las Vegas 2015 at appliedanalysis.com/presentations/preview/2015

01/12/2015

Economic Forecast: 2015 Preview

Economists and industry analysts can, and will, argue over whether an economic recovery is as strong as numbers seem to indicate. However, they do agree the numbers show Nevada’s economy is on track to strengthen and add more jobs in 2015 because many of the impediments to faster growth have subside…

07/31/2014

Clark County rings up record May taxable sales

Clark County’s taxable sales blew past pre-recession levels in May to hit an all-time high for the month. Businesses in Clark County sold $3.2 billion of goods in the month, up 12.7 percent from $2.8 billion in May 2013, the state Department of Taxation reported Wednesday. That spending also bested…

07/01/2014

It’s the question: Is the housing recovery another bubble?

It’s the big question on the lips of jumpy locals still snakebitten by a nation-leading housing bust. Have we recovered so quickly that…

06/23/2014

Nevada unemployment falls to six-year low in May

It’s like it’s 2008 all over again. Nevada’s labor markets posted some of their best numbers in six years, as job gains in construction...

06/02/2014

Delivering a second downtown

Big change is coming to a suburb near you. A new urban center is rising out of the desert west of Las Vegas, where The Howard Hughes Corp.’s Summerlin master plan is about to…

05/19/2014

Nevada unemployment rate sees biggest month-to-month drop in more than 30 years

Nevada hit the gas pedal on job growth in April, but there are caution signs ahead. Strong job growth pushed the state’s unemployment rate down by its biggest month-to-month drop in more than 30 years.…

05/14/2014

High-end office tower underway in Summerlin (bring your golf clubs)

Office towers: They’re scattered across the Las Vegas Valley. Office towers that come with golf-club membership discounts? That’s a much smaller universe.…

04/28/2014

‘Game on’ in battle over Nevada margins tax vote

The prelude to all-out war this fall is on over the business margins tax, designed to fund education, on the Nov. 4 ballot. Both sides are reaching out to business groups, educational gatherings and others with their takes on the impact of the proposed 2 percent revenue tax on businesses generating…

03/27/2014

Check out local media coverage for the release of the 2014 Las Vegas Perspective in our newsroom: http://appliedanalysis.com/newsroom/archives.php?y=2014&m=03

03/24/2014

Local shopping center construction has brokers bullish

The sector’s vacancy rate has dropped from a high of nearly 11 percent in 2010 to 9.2 percent at the end of the fourth quarter, statistics from local research firm Applied Analysis show. Vacant inventory has slumped…

02/28/2014

Opponents: Margins tax would hurt Nevada businesses

CARSON CITY — An organization opposing passage of a 2 percent business tax in November has released a study that confirms what it has been saying all along: The tax would hurt the bottom lines of Nevada businesses. The Coalition to Defeat the Margin Tax Initiative released the study by Jeremy Aguero...