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Unemployment and job growth continue to capture attention as the U.S. economy rebounds from the Great Recession. This month, the final, revised numbers on state and city job growth for the year 2013 as a whole are out. Research Professor Lee McPheters of the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University provides rankings and analysis of the winners and losers, based on the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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With Black Friday, Cyber Monday and holiday shopping season about to start, a new customer-rage study shows more American consumers than ever are dissatisfied with the products and services we buy. Also, despite companies’ big-money efforts to create customer-care programs, we’re less happy with the service received when we complain. The study shows 56 million American households experienced at least one problem during the past 12 months, and about $76 billion in revenue was at stake for the businesses involved.

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If you think young people don’t know how to manage money and pay down their credit cards, then you should think again. A new study from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond shows young borrowers –- 18 to 25 years old -- are among the least likely credit card users to have a serious default on their cards. Not only that, they’re also more likely to be good credit risks later in life.

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The Phoenix-area housing market –- hit especially hard during the recession -- appears to be starting its slow march back to normal. A new report from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University reveals the latest data for Maricopa and Pinal counties, as of July.

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