When Maggie moved to Las Vegas from Michigan with her family and bought a house in December of 2020, interest rates were incredibly low.

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that birth rates in the United States have dropped significantly. And as Adriana Arévalo explains to us, analysts warn about the economic consequences.

Nevada and Clark County both reported an increase in taxable sales in March, although the majority of the state’s counties experienced a decrease.

Formula 1, Super Bowl LVIII, and a host of conventions: as the over 150,000 Las Vegas hotel rooms are anticipated to book out for multiple large-scale events in the coming months, data shows over 1,800 hotel jobs remain vacant in the valley.

Though a recent report shows Nevada leading the country in unemployment rate, experts say the statistic isn’t so simple.

Whether or not Las Vegas secures a new baseball team and ballpark, new research shows the valley’s sports renaissance has already attracted millions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of spectators, and an increased need for transportation and other infrastructure improvements.

According to a white paper prepared by the UNLV Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), the global lithium-ion battery market is expected to increase fivefold through 2030. Nevada already employs 60 percent of the U.S. battery manufacturing workforce.

Natural beauty is in abundant supply in the Southwest Region states of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. The region is home to some of the most spectacular landscapes in the U.S., as well as 12 of the 63 national parks. Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona had 4.7 million visitors last year (No. 2 among all national parks) and is nearly 700 square miles larger than Rhode Island.

Prospective home buyers in recent years have seen unprecedented swings in the market – high demand during the COVID-19 pandemic increased prices. Now, higher interest rates are causing fewer people to put their homes on the market. But in some cities, hope is on the horizon for home buyers as more listings enter the market.

Southern Nevada will have to diversify its economy — particularly in the health care and manufacturing sectors — if it’s going to overcome labor shortages and support a rapidly growing population, according to data presented at the Spring Economic Outlook by UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER).

Like the rest of the economy, gaming was on a roll in 2019. It appeared set to continue into 2020. But as we all know, an infamous “black swan” showed up in the guise of a global pandemic. Again, like the rest of the economy, gaming came to a halt. It was a full stop with all casinos in the country closing in March. It wasn’t until May that some states permitted casinos to reopen with restrictions. It took the rest of 2020 for most of the nation’s gambling halls to reopen.

Economists at UNLV are loosening predictions of a recession in the next 12 months, while nationally many are expecting at least a mild recession beginning later this year — a sign that shows the uncertainty swirling around how the economy will perform.