by Michael Pakko | Mar 30, 2015
With consumer purchasing power boosted by low gasoline prices, Arkansas Taxable Sales (ATS) surged in the fourth quarter of 2014, increasing by 2.7% from the previous quarter and up 4.5% from a year earlier. With gasoline prices falling by nearly 18% from the third...
by Michael Pakko | Dec 8, 2014
A proxy for state retail spending, Arkansas Taxable Sales (ATS), increased by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2013 (seasonally adjusted). Compared to the previous year, ATS was up 1.0%. Arkansas Taxable Sales Including Gasoline (ATSIG) also rose by 0.2% for the quarter...
by Michael Pakko | Sep 4, 2014
Newly compiled data on Arkansas Taxable Sales (ATS) suggests a slight slowdown in spending during the second quarter of 2014. After surging 1.3% in the first quarter, ATS fell 0.3% in the second quarter (seasonally adjusted). Compared to a year earlier, ATS was up...
by Michael Pakko | Aug 8, 2014
The Bureau of Economic Analysis launched a new data program yesterday, Personal Consumption Expenditures by State. The new data set only covers the period through 2012, but it provides a source of new information about consumer spending at the state level that was...
by Michael Pakko | May 7, 2014
Preliminary data on Arkansas sales and use tax collection show that Arkansas Taxable Sales (ATS) increased by 2.1% in the first quarter of 2014 (seasonally adjusted). The first quarter increase follows two consecutive quarterly declines in the second half of 2013. ...