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A Dicussion About The Jobs Outlook For Arizona In 2015

The United States has recovered all of the jobs it lost during the Great Recession, but that’s not the case in Arizona.

In March, Arizona ranked 14th in job growth among all 50 states, at just more than 2.5 percent.

We spoke with Lee McPheters, director of the JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center in the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU.

For another perspective, we turned to Theresa Maher, vice president of media for Jobing.com.

RELATED: Economists: Arizona Poised For Boost In Job Creation This Year

Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.