Brock Wilson
37:12 - 37:43
"by April 2026, we've taken a larger loss. That is this, the red line. And I think one thing to sort of caveat here or start with is if we look at sort of prior to April 2024 and we look at the trend upwards, we can see that the nation saw larger growth in federal jobs compared to Alaska."
“by April 2026, we've taken a larger loss. That is this, the red line. And I think one thing to sort of caveat here or start with is if we look at sort of prior to April 2024 and we look at the trend upwards, we can see that the nation saw larger growth in federal jobs compared to Alaska.”
- Speaker
- Brock Wilson
- Timestamp
- 37:12 – 37:43
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- June 26, 2026
From the transcript
This is that shown visually. So I'm indexing it April 2024.. And now you can see by April 2026, we've taken a larger loss. That is this, the red line. And I think one thing to sort of caveat here or start with is if we look at sort of prior to April 2024 and we look at the trend upwards, we can see that the nation saw larger growth in federal jobs compared to Alaska.
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