A new Arizona State University report shows Arizona is fourth in the nation in job growth and Phoenix holds the same place among major cities.

Does the name that your parents give you play a role in how high you climb in life? Maybe not, but it doesn’t hurt, and it may be of actual benefit, to be a male with a common name like Robert, John or Steve. That’s the conclusion of a study by Lee McPheters, senior associate dean at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Arizona's economy is looking pretty grim as the state shifted from adding jobs to losing jobs in the first quarter.

The economic recession is expected to end in the second half of this year, but job losses and the state government’s money woes will continue a lot longer, according to economists who spoke to the Economic Club of Phoenix on Wednesday.

The economic recession is expected to end in the second half of this year, but job losses and the state government's money woes will continue a lot longer, according to economists who spoke to the Economic Club of Phoenix on Wednesday.

More people. More jobs. Likely higher interest rates.

Gilbert's 2010 Economic Development Summit is 6 p.m. Thursday at the Higley Center for the Performing Arts.

States in the Western region accounted for six out of the top 10 states with the highest rate of foreclosure filings in 2010.

Arizonans waiting for that long-promised economic recovery are going to have to cool their heels for a few more years.

An Arizona State University economist says Arizona isn't programmed to get its fair share of the Obama administration's stimulus payments - at least if job losses are the measurement.

The good news: Arizona’s economy will continue to grow next year. The bad news: The growth rate will be slower than in 2006 as the economy downshifts for the third consecutive year.

More people will lose their jobs and economic growth will continue to sputter in the western United States.

It’s probably no surprise to most Arizona workers.

Arizonans waiting for that long-promised economic recovery are going to have to cool their heels for a few more years.

The 48th annual Economic Forecast Luncheon will address what's ahead in 2012 for unemployment, the housing market and the stock market nationally and in Arizona. More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the event at 11:15 a.m. Dec. 7 at the Phoenix Convention Center's West Ballroom.

An economist who accurately predicted the recent recession and recovery will deliver his economic forecast for 2012 when he is honored Oct. 20 in New York by ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business.

Arizonans did not need a big drop in the stock market to tell them that the economy is in trouble.

As the recession destroyed businesses and jobs, one nook of the East Valley took off unlike any other place: Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

Valley residents like to go out on the town, look good and drive in style. That's according to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey, which examined average spending patterns in 2005 and 2006.