As Arizona heads into 2025, the state’s economy is positioned for continued growth, say its two top economists, with strong fundamentals driving job creation, income gains and business investment.
However, significant risks loom on the horizon, stemming from proposed changes to federal policies on immigration and trade.
This duality – of optimism tempered by uncertainty – was a central theme in recent Inside Tucson Business interviews with the state’s two leading economists: George Hammond, director of the Economic and Business Research Center at the University of Arizona, and Dennis Hoffman, director of ASU’s Office of the University Economist…