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Arizona Update & Outlook Long Road To Recovery. ACMA Conference Sedona, Arizona February 4, 2010. Update & Outlook. Is the Recession Over? Why Consumers Worry Arizona Budget Basics Arizona Outlook. Is Recession Over?. Yes - it’s over (19%) No - not over (64%) Don’t know (17%).
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Arizona Update & Outlook Long Road To Recovery ACMA Conference Sedona, Arizona February 4, 2010
Update & Outlook • Is the Recession Over? • Why Consumers Worry • Arizona Budget Basics • Arizona Outlook
Is Recession Over? • Yes - it’s over (19%) • No - not over (64%) • Don’t know (17%)
Is Recession Over? • Recession is a contraction • Ends when indicators turn up • At the bottom of the cycle • When conditions are worst!
But…Current Recession Longest in Post-War National Bureau of Economic Research
End in Sight? Return to PreviousEmployment Peak Takes Longer (Months required for U.S. employment to recover from recession and return to previous peak before recession began)
ISM Index Is Back Above 50 (Manufacturing) Institute for Supply Management, Report on Business
Truck Tonnage Up Since Summer 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 American Trucking Association
Retail Sales Up After Dec. 2008 Bottom $ billions of U. S. Retail Sales 2009 sales 7% below 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 U. S. Census Bureau
Arizona Retail Sales Fall Since 2007(Monthly Percent Change Yr/Yr) Arizona Department of Revenue
GDP Rebounds in Fourth Quarter: Expect Smaller Gains In Q1 5.7% 1.5% 2.2% -6.4% U. S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
GDP: How Strong in Q4? Percent Change in Real GDP at Annual Rate 2010 2008 2009
Beware the double dip GDP 1980-82 “W” Recovery 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
End of stimulus may bring double dip recession
Stiglitz Says U.S. Recovery May Not Be ‘Sustainable’
Buy & Hold? How’s That Been For You? S & P 500 1999 & 2009
1% rise in saving cuts spending by $100 bil. Consumers Stopped Buying & Borrowing – Savings Rate Up 5.9%
Why Consumer is Key • Accounts for 70% of GDP • But 2010 spending will be weak • New borrowing is down • Saving rate up as debt reduced • Will this be the “new normal?”
Worry Meter Why Consumers Worry • Job Losses Continue • Unemployment Up • Home Values Down • No End in Sight?
Why Consumers Worry Arizona consumers & businesses are in the state’s worst downturn (by far) in modern times.
7.3 Mil. U. S. Jobs Lost in Past Two Years
Fewer U. S. Jobs Now than 9 Years Ago Dec. 2000 132.5 mil Jobs Dec. 2009 131.8 mil Jobs U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, seasonally adjusted data
U.S. Job Losses Slowing 4,000 jobs added in November US Bureau of Labor Statistics, thousands of U. S. nonfarm jobs
Western Job Growth Is Weak (Percent Change Dec. 2009 vs Dec. 2008) 25 26 1 44 30 22 50 49 8 38 39 41 47 28 18 Alaska #2 U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
123,800 Arizona Jobs Lost SectorJobs: 12 Mos. Overall Nonfarm -123,800 Construction -31,100 Government -20,500 Prof/Biz Services -19,100 Retail Trade -15,000 Manufacturing -11,200 Health Care +6,400 Arizona Dept. of Commerce, Dec. 2009 vs. Dec. 2008
Two Years of Arizona Job Loss (305,000 Jobs Lost Since Dec. 2007) % Change Yr/Yr Source: Arizona Department of Commerce, not seasonally adjusted
Worst Big Metro Economies Job Loss – Dec. 2009 vs Dec. 2008 – Labor Force > 1 Million W. P. Carey School of Business & U. S. Bureau Labor Statistics
“Bermuda Triangle” of Economic Troubles (Phoenix – Riverside – Las Vegas)
Triangle of Economic Troubles *Las Vegas labor force < 1 million Job loss, U. S. Bureau Labor Statistics, Dec. 2009 Home values from National Association Realtors, third quarter 2009 Foreclosure rate from RealtyTrac, third quarter 2009 Negative equity from First American CoreLogic, third quarter 2009
AZ Unemployment Rate Below U.S. US Bureau of Labor Statistics and AZ Dept of Commerce
What Factors Keep Arizona’sUnemployment Rate Lower? • Discouraged workers • Fewer hours per job • Out migration Arizona 7th Greatest in Labor Underutilization at 17.2% (US BLS)
How Many Jobs Has Stimulus Created? • 305,000 Arizona jobs lost since • December, 2007 employment peak • 6,810 Arizona jobs funded by • U.S. Recovery Act (Q4 2009) • $1.1 billion received in contracts, • grants & loans Recovery.gov website
Evaluating the Stimulus Has The Stimulus Helped or Hurt? Rasmussen Poll, December 2009
Evaluating the Stimulus • Only 599,000 jobs created? • The Stimulus program failed! • Only 599,000 jobs created? • The funding was too small!
Some States Over/Under Funded by Stimulus Act Stimulus jobs from Recovery.gov website
Arizona Budget Basics
Budget Basics: 3 Major Revenue Sources Decline • Sales taxes (-31%) • Individual income taxes (-36%) • Corporate income taxes (-46%) • These are 90% of General Fund Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting, FY 2007 – FY 2010 data
Arizona Retail Sales Outlook: 2009 Will be 10 – 15% Below 2008 Annual Percent Change Forecast Arizona Dept. of Revenue & W. P. Carey School
Arizona Personal Income: First Decline Since Records Kept Annual Percent Change Forecast U.S. Dept. Commerce & W. P. Carey School
Budget Basics: Much of Spending is Formula Based • K-12 Education • Corrections • AHCCCS & Health Care • These are 2/3 of General Fund Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting
Arizona Taxable Retail Sales and Personal Income(YR/YR Growth 1985:1-2009:2) Taxable Sales
Arizona’s Future Fiscal Crisis The cumulative gap between expenditures and revenue from FY10 to FY14 is $15.4 Billion 47
United StatesEconomic Forecast W. P. Carey School of Business, ASU
U.S. Outlook Summary • Recession is over, pain remains • “U” shaped recovery begins • Unemployment stays near 10% • Stimulus/bailouts unpopular • but support recovery
ARIZONA Economic Forecast W. P. Carey School of Business, ASU; based on data available as of Feb. 1, 2010