Anchorage’s labor shortage will cost the economy thousands of jobs in high-wage industries like health care this year, according to a new economic forecast.
is rippling across the economy in other ways. It has contributed to an extremely tight job market, helping push unemployment rates to record lows, Popp said.
The transportation, warehouses and utilities sector will grow by 200 jobs, with the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, one of the world’s busiest cargo hubs, leading the way. The sector is a “rock star” and is the only Anchorage industry that has fully recovered from both pandemic and recession job losses, the report says.
Popp said he doesn’t see looming signs that Anchorage or the state will enter a recession this year, despite concerns from some in the business community, he said.
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