ALASKA CONSTRUCTION SPENDING: 2018FORECAST · $0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 2001 2003...
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ALASKA CONSTRUCTION SPENDING :
2018 FORECAST
Sco9 Goldsmith Emeritus Professor of Economics, Ins1tute of Social and Economic
Research
Resource Development
Council March 15, 2018 Anchorage
• Official Count (DOL) • Self Employed • Hidden in Other Industries
Construction Employment
Construction Muscle
• Backward Linkages • Statewide Presence
INVESTMENT
THE ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY
$$$$$$$$$$$$
STATE / LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ü $$$$ ü Competing Needs ü Justification
“CHALLENGED” $ 593
-14%
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
State Govt Capital Appropriation: From Own Sources (Million 2018 $)
GENERAL FUND OTHER GO BONDS
State Capital Budget and GO Bonds
What’s a Reasonable Capital Budget from State Funds?
ü Federal Match ü Deferred Maintenance--Current ü Deferred Maintenance--Backlog ü K-12 Education ü Local Infrastructure Needs ü Economic Development
$0
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
$6,000
20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024202520262027
Million $
Fiscal Year
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND REVENUE: FORECAST
Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017
Alaska Economic Recovery Plan
NON OIL BASIC
ü World Economy ü Commodity Prices ü State Policy ü Federal Policy
“OPTIMISTIC”
$ 349
+7%
Zinc Price
Residential / Commercial
OTHER PRIVATE part 1
$ 350
-17%
ü Jobs ü Population ü Income ü Fiscal Gap
“SHRINKING”
Economic Forecast
Health Care / Utilities
OTHER PRIVATE part 2
$ 814
-3%
“MIXED”
ü Population ü Jobs ü Income ü Fiscal Gap ü Federal Policy
FEDERAL CIVILIAN
ü Infrastructure Plan?
“STABLE” $ 1,276
+2%
Transportation / Health Care / Misc Grants / Procurement
NATIONAL DEFENSE
$ 630
+11% “POSITIVE”
Missile Defense / F35 Bed-down
ü Federal Policy
PETROLEUM
ü Price ü Project Inventory ü New Discoveries ü Federal Policy ü Cost Control ü Technology ü State Policy ü Price
“POSITIVE”
$ 2,555
+15%
$0
$25
$50
$75
$100
$125
$ pe
r Barrel
ANS WEST COAST OIL PRICE
Petroleum : Project Inventory
Nanushuk in NPRA
8.7 Billion Barrels of Recoverable Oil!
Short-term Outlook?
-2%
Longer Term Outlook
+
Questions?