Tucson added just over 7,000 jobs last year, which translated into growth of 1.9%, for its best job growth in more than a decade, but the COVID-19 pandemic will reverse that trend, according to the Making Action Possible (MAP) Dashboard, a project of the Economic and Business Research Center at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management.
Tucson economy: After significant job growth in 2019, slump lies ahead
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