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Public Finance Report

First Quarter 2010 Report:
Taxable sales for February 2010 declined by 4.5 percent, and February gaming win increased 13.9 percent compared to the same month last year. While taxable sales were slightly higher and gaming win was substantially higher than the projections on which action by the recent Special Session...

Fourth Quarter 2009 Report:
Media coverage of the recession is trending toward signs of a national recovery; however the news specific to Nevada is still less optimistic. Monthly taxable sales for November declined 10.9 percent, while November gaming win increased 4.4 percent compared to the same month of last year...

Third Quarter 2009 Report:
The consequences of recession continue to resound in Nevada. Monthly taxable sales for July declined 18.8 percent, and August gross gaming revenue fell just over 9.0 percent compared to the same month last year. These two sources, comprising most of the state's...

June 2009 Report:
Despite predictions that the national economy may be on the verge of improvement, Nevada monthly taxable sales for March 2009 business declined 16.5 percent, and April gross gaming revenue fell 5.9 percent compared to the same month last year. Year-to-date sales tax collections are...

May 2009 Report:
Quarterly taxable sales declined 16.1 percent compared to the same quarter last year, and gross gaming revenue for the quarter fell 14.8 percent compared to the same quarter a year ago. March 2009 Clark County visitor volume and McCarran International Airport passenger counts...

April 2009 Report:
The most recent taxable sales reports reflect a decline of 12.9 percent for January 2009, compared to the same month last year. Despite the fact that year-to-date sales tax receipts are still on target with projections, any month in which the decrease exceeds 8.6 percent, the annual...

March 2009 Report:
Nevada’s economy continues to suffer. The most recent monthly taxable sales and gross gaming revenue figures reflect declines of 16.2 percent and 42.3 percent, respectively, compared to the same month last year. These figures indicate that the December 1, 2008 projections...

Fourth Quarter 2008 Report:
Nevada's state and local governments are principally dependent on three sources of revenue, gaming tax, sales tax and property tax. Performance indicators for all three sources were down sharply during the fourth quarter 2008. During the trailing three-months ending November 2008...

Third Quarter 2008 Report:
Virtually all indicators of Nevada's economic activity continued negative trends for the third quarter of 2008. Taxable sales and gross gaming revenue – the most significant drivers of direct revenue to State government – declined -4.3 percent and -10.2 percent, respectively from last years'...

Las Vegas Perspective

Applied Analysis was selected as the Executive Director of the Las Vegas Perspective to research, analyze and report on the market's performance. The book is the market's primary economic development and information resource tool... Read More »

Clark County Monitoring Program

The Clark County Community Growth Task Force retained Applied Analysis to assist it in reviewing the costs and benefits of numerous growth management strategies. As part of this effort, Applied Analysis was asked to bring forth a series of community indicators that might provide a foundation for on-going discussions and from which community changes could be monitored. The Community Indicators Program was designed specifically to meet this end... Read More »

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