Alaska begins to feel low oil price pinch

摘要

Anchorage-Alaska labor economists are predicting a loss of about 1,000 industry jobs in 2016 after the oil labor market had grown steadily in recent years, even as crude prices sharply dropped in 2015. So far, production hasn’t been affected. “The industry has been remarkably resilient, but low oil prices are now having an effect,” state economist Neil Fried said Thursday.