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Las Vegas Review Journal
President Donald Trump vowed to work with Congress to eliminate taxes on tipped income during a Las Vegas rally Saturday 鈥 a campaign promise he made in the same city seven months before.
Nevada Business
A new year feels like a change, finishing one chapter and starting the next. Ordinarily there鈥檚 a narrative that pulls everyone along, because most situations, events and circumstances don鈥檛 change overnight. This time the change feels momentous. Individuals and industries want to predict what鈥檚 going to be familiar, and what鈥檚 going to be completely changed.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Joseph Dutra remembers the sticker shock he saw for the price of cocoa beans. As the manufacturer of Kimmie Candy in Reno, Dutra鈥檚 business purchases chocolate ingredients one year in advance. Cocoa beans from Africa 鈥 also feeling the effects of inflation 鈥 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.
The Nevada Independent
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.
P.B.S.
Longtime Nevada politician Shelley Berkley is about to become the next mayor of the City of Las Vegas. She discusses the biggest issues she wants to address once in office and her goals for the city. Then, we go to the 性视界传媒 Center for Business and Economic Research Economic Forecast, where experts share their outlook for what we might see in Southern Nevada going forward.
K.N.P.R. News
If there鈥檚 anything the election taught us, or maybe reminded us, rather, it鈥檚 that the economy is the most important issue for voters.
Las Vegas Sun
Nevada鈥檚 tourism economy could hit some 鈥渂umps in the road鈥 over the next few years, according to 性视界传媒鈥檚 Center for Business and Economic Research鈥檚 yearly economic outlook report released Wednesday.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Southern Nevada鈥檚 short and long-term economic prospects may be characterized by efforts to develop existing industries and diversify into new ones, economic leaders forecasted on Wednesday.