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UNLV's School of Public Policy and Leadership offers courses in data visualization that are helping to create a workforce pipeline.
A collection of news highlights featuring students and faculty.
From the desert to the mountains to the market, Honors College student Allister Dias explores Morocco as part of Lee Business School's Global Entrepreneurship Experience.
The former student body president and longtime donor passes away, 60 years after UNLV's first commencement.
A roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV students and faculty.
As the nation's most-watched sports entertainment event rolls into town, UNLV researchers are available to provide expertise.
Business and Economic Research In The News
A new year feels like a change, finishing one chapter and starting the next. Ordinarily there’s a narrative that pulls everyone along, because most situations, events and circumstances don’t change overnight. This time the change feels momentous. Individuals and industries want to predict what’s going to be familiar, and what’s going to be completely changed.
Uncertainty about 2025 hovers over the Las Vegas hospitality and gaming sectors after what in many respects was a robust 2024.
Joseph Dutra remembers the sticker shock he saw for the price of cocoa beans. As the manufacturer of Kimmie Candy in Reno, Dutra’s business purchases chocolate ingredients one year in advance. Cocoa beans from Africa – also feeling the effects of inflation – cost roughly $3,000 per metric ton in 2023. In April, the market was up to $12,000, before more recently settling around $7,000.
When the economy shifts no bells ring, smoke signals rise or, more contemporarily, smartphone alerts sound. You may not even notice, but economists do. So, when the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee, aka the lords of interest rates, cut rates by 50 basis points in September and another 25 basis points in November, economists and market analysts took notice.
When the economy shifts no bells ring, smoke signals rise or, more contemporarily, smartphone alerts sound. You may not even notice, but economists do. So, when the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee, aka the lords of interest rates, cut rates by 50 basis points in September and another 25 basis points in November, economists and market analysts took notice.
If you’re thinking about going up to Mt. Charleston to cut your own Christmas tree, think again. It’s illegal. And if you think everyone knows that, keep in mind that an estimated 115 people move to Clark County every day. That’s according to UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research.