2013 Economic Forecast

BIG 2013 SPONSORED BY By 2025, Anchorage is the #1 city in America to Live. Work. & Play. CHAMPIONS! LIVE. WORK. PLAY. 2013: YEAR OF THE AEDC Economic Jan. 30, 2013 | Bill Popp, AEDC President & CEO 2012 +1,800 jobs 5.6% avg. United Way Cook Inlet Housing Authority Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska Anchorage Library Anchorage Park Foundation Performing Arts Center 2012 JOBS RECAP unemployment FORECAST Economic Employment Forecast GROWTH +1,700 OIL & GAS NO CHANGE HEALTH CARE GROWTH +400 TRANSPORTATION GROWTH +100 PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES GROWTH +400 CONSTRUCTION FLAT LEISURE & HOSPITALITY GROWTH +400 RETAIL TRADE GROWTH +200 FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES NO CHANGE GOVERNMENT DECLINE -300 the GROWTH picture 2013 Business CONFIDENCE Index Report SPONSORED BY 5 INDICATORS COMPOSITE INDEX overall message: keynote speaker RICHARD FLORIDA KEYNOTE SPEAKER SPONSOR PROFESSOR, University of Toronto & NYU SENIOR EDITOR, The Atlantic AUTHOR, The Rise of the Creative Class 2013 Forecast Luncheon AEDCweb.com 2013: STILL DOING WELL * Estimated based on preliminary numbers Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and McDowell Group. * Estimated based on preliminary 2012 numbers. Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Department of Revenue and McDowell Group. * Estimated based on preliminary numbers. Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Department of Revenue and McDowell Group. * Estimated based on preliminary 2012 numbers. Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and McDowell Group. * Estimated based on preliminary 2012 numbers. Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and McDowell Group. * Estimated based on preliminary 2012 numbers. Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and McDowell Group. * Estimated based on preliminary 2012 numbers. Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and McDowell Group. * Estimated based on preliminary 2012 numbers. Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and McDowell Group. * Estimated based on preliminary 2012 numbers.Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and McDowell Group. * Estimated based on preliminary 2012 numbers. Sources: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and McDowell Group. CAUTION WITH #8 #3 #3 #11 FIRMS INDUSTRY LOCAL ARTISTS SALES TECHNOLOGY SCIENTISTS NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION GOVERNMENT JOBS PEOPLE UNIVERSITIES CLIMBING FISHING RANGE WATERFRONT SKI COAST BOTANICAL COURSES MUSEUMS GARDENS PARKS RUNNING HIKING BIKING TRAILS MUSIC SPACE LOCAL RESTAURANTS DOWNTOWN DIVERSE ACCESS PROXIMITY QUALITY FRIENDLY NATURAL RECREATION COMMUNITY ARTS FAMILY HOMES TIME URBAN YEAR OF THE KYZER Oil & Gas +100 Health Care +500 Transportation +200 Professional Business Services +500 Construction +300 Leisure & Hospitality +400 Retail Trade +100 Financial Activity -200 Government -400 2012 Anchorage Employment Numbers thanks to our economic forecast sponsor 2014 & Beyond: Foggy with chance of continued growth BARRIERS FOR GROWTH Health insurance 74% Availabillity of a professional /technical workforce 69% 59% Federal regulations Availability of semi-skilled workers 59% 53% Job readiness of entry level workforce Energy prices 53% Live. Work. Play Champions: FOR 2014 & BEYOND Thank you! Join us July 31, 2013 2013 Three Year Outlook Luncheon Find all of today's reports online July Guest Speaker: Jim Clifton CEO of Gallup & author of The Coming Jobs War