Arizona-based LifeLock Inc. provides proactive identity theft protection services for consumers and identity risk and credit worthiness assessment for enterprises. At the Economic Club of Phoenix on Feb.

Retail sales were up two tenths of a percent in January driven by spending on cars, clothing and online merchandise. It’s not a spectacular increase, and that’s probably because consumers aren’t sure low gas prices will endure. Economist Dennis Hoffman comments.

Harvey Kanter is the CEO of Blue Nile, the largest online retailer of certified diamonds and fine jewelry. He addressed the Economic Club of Phoenix on Jan. 28, 2016.

Dennis Hoffman, director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute, shows that increasing the number of college graduates in the workforce will improve the economy, resulting in higher wages for all — including those without a bachelor’s degree — and more revenue in the state treasury.

Comerica Bank Chief Economist Robert Dye says it’s time to take a different perspective on the economy. Short story: “We need to get past the view that the economy is just now recovering. We’re actually in the middle of the expansion.”

Starbucks is a worldwide brand, but its success rests on more than a cup of coffee.

Rocky Mountain News PBS quoted Research Professor Timothy James on a study from the L. William Seidman Research Institute about the economic impact of the Colorado River.

With a young population, substantial science and engineering skills and a huge consumer market, India has potential for phenomenal future growth.

The annual quiz at the Economic Outlook Luncheon tests your knowledge of the Arizona economy. This is the ninth year that the event has included the quiz, which is based on presentations at the Economic Club of Phoenix Luncheons this season. How many questions can you guess correctly?

For the past six years, experts from the W. P. Carey School of Business have been forecasting the same thing about the Arizona economy: slow recovery. But 2015 just might be the year that we can declare Arizona’s economy officially, finally, recovered.