Las Vegas jobless rate higher than US as business confidence plunges

Nationally, the U.S. has been on an economic roller coaster this year as President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on countries across the globe, raising the prospect of higher prices for consumers and businesses and increasing fears of a recession.

At a Federal Reserve meeting this month, officials “agreed that the risks of higher inflation and higher unemployment had risen,” minutes released Wednesday show.

In Southern Nevada, business confidence “plunged” this quarter to its lowest level in 16 years, according to UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research.

All told, local business leaders’ view of U.S. economic conditions “nosedived,” and their view of conditions in Nevada “also sank,” the center reported.

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