For example, the payroll survey finds the economy has lost 1.1 million jobs since George Bush took office, while the household sampling finds the economy has created a net 1.9 million new jobs.
The authors looked at a range of economic metrics including inflation, unemployment, corporate profit growth, stock market performance, household income growth, economy (GDP) growth, months in recession and others.
New York City, at the heart of the financial storm, should also see unemployment rise more than two percentage points by the end of 2009, with a slight drop in real income per household as well, Economy.com projects.
Just as a household can and yes this is indeed one of those times when the national economy is just like a household one.
More than ever, women are driving household incomes and the global consumer economy itself.
The latest data on growth in jobs, retail sales and housing starts, and the record level of household savings, underscores the solid economy described by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke last month.
If rates were raised high enough to restrain mortgage lending, they could also jeopardise the broader economy, especially since household and corporate debt together add up to as much as 200% of GDP.
With the economy flirting with recession and household incomes still falling in relation to inflation, the government just cannot afford to price businesses and households off the road.
Domestic demand, encouraged by low interest rates, had gained too much weight in the economy, he said, inflating household debt and swelling external deficits.
To gauge how swing-state voters may be feeling about the economy, MoneyRates.com examined household finances in these places to measure how conditions have changed since 2008.
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Finally, we divided each metro area's average debt per household by May 2009 median household income, determined by Moody's Economy.com, an independent provider of economic analysis and data.
The household data indicates that the U.S. economy gained roughly 800, 000 jobs in September.
There can be exceptions, but generally speaking household spending choices are not the drivers of the economy, they are the result.
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Though showing sparks of life lately, the US economy remains weak, hobbled by stagnant household incomes and hesitancy on the part of businesses to invest until the growth outlook clears.
This has had a "corrosive impact on the UK economy", the report concludes, as household spending power has shrunk.
It will also depress household wealth and impact the growth rate of the US economy in a negative fashion.
The Fremling household has chosen to put their efforts in establishing an economy.
To the extent that their spouses come with them instead of them marrying a native they are surely more likely than average to have high IQ children who generate positive peer effects, and high-skilled spouses who also contribute to the economy through a job of their own or household production.
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Household consumption accounts for little more than a third of the economy.
The Obama campaign has 44 field offices in Pennsylvania, each supporting dozens of neighbourhood teams that have been honing and updating target voter lists since May 2011, recording the issues education, the environment, the economy and so on that resonate in each household.
Needless to say, adults with low levels literacy are less able to help their children and increase household income due to their limited ability to function efficiently within a market economy.
The payroll survey is supposedly less volatile than its household cousin, but it tends to ignore a huge part of the economy, including independent contractors, sole practitioners and small businesses such as partnerships, LLCs andS Corporations.
During the 2008 economic crisis, terms like CDOs, credit default swaps, and other derivatives once confined to the vernacular of the financial industry became household terms as analysts tried to explain the fading fortunes of the global economy.
Lower risk-free rates and higher equity prices if sustained could strengthen household and business balance sheets, and raise confidence in the strength of the economy.
With the economy being as it is, it takes both adults in an average household, to work.
The continued recovery of the residential real estate market is needed for the U.S. economy to build upon its current recovery efforts due to its implication on personal household balance sheets and overall consumer sentiment.
Hence, consumer spending and economic growth are highly correlated and when Americans are uncertain about their household finances and start to rein in their own spending, the U.S. economy, in turn, generally does not grow as much as the following chart helps to illustrate.
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The collapse of housing prices destroyed a major portion of household wealth and shattered the balance sheets of financial institutions, sending the U.S. economy into a deep recession.
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Ironically, as many homeowners continue to struggle to pay their mortgage in our on-again, off-again economy, the FHA serves up a program that actually increases mortgage payments and adds to household budget stress.
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