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Alaska’s biggest economic engine lacks visibility

Posted 7/24/26

Half of Alaska’s economic growth from 2015 to 2023 came from one source.  Not oil, which added perhaps $4.5 billion over that stretch.  Not mining or fishing, which together added less than a quarter of that.  Federal spending grew by nearly $9 billion over those years, against roughly $16.5 billion in total state GDP growth.  […]

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