Nevada’s minimum wage will be increasing another dollar beginning July 1. But this year, for differing reasons, employers and workers don’t expect the higher wages to have much of an impact.

When Maggie moved to Las Vegas from Michigan with her family and bought a house in December of 2020, interest rates were incredibly low.

Nevada and Clark County both reported an increase in taxable sales in March, although the majority of the state’s counties experienced a decrease.

Formula 1, Super Bowl LVIII, and a host of conventions: as the over 150,000 Las Vegas hotel rooms are anticipated to book out for multiple large-scale events in the coming months, data shows over 1,800 hotel jobs remain vacant in the valley.

Though a recent report shows Nevada leading the country in unemployment rate, experts say the statistic isn’t so simple.

Like the rest of the economy, gaming was on a roll in 2019. It appeared set to continue into 2020. But as we all know, an infamous “black swan” showed up in the guise of a global pandemic. Again, like the rest of the economy, gaming came to a halt. It was a full stop with all casinos in the country closing in March. It wasn’t until May that some states permitted casinos to reopen with restrictions. It took the rest of 2020 for most of the nation’s gambling halls to reopen.

Economists at UNLV are loosening predictions of a recession in the next 12 months, while nationally many are expecting at least a mild recession beginning later this year — a sign that shows the uncertainty swirling around how the economy will perform.

The latest earning reports from casino operators and tourism officials show strong earnings and visitation and convention attendance on an upward trajectory in Las Vegas.