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Using Bureau of Economic Analysis data, my associate Jonathan Robe calculated real growth rates in per capita income in the 50 states from 1980 through 2009.
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.
Over the past five years, Gross Domestic Product in the U.S. has grown at an average annualized rate of almost exactly one percent each quarter, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis data releases.
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The average interest rate on an outstanding mortgage was about 4.9% at the end of last year, according to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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U.S. GDP decreased 0.1% in the fourth quarter, however, according to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Jan. 30.
The app mashes up Census data with economic statistics from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics and provides the latest economic indicators that drive business hiring, sales, and production decisions throughout the nation in real time.
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That is the conclusion of new research I have just completed based on an analysis of state taxes, spending and debt policies and their economic consequences based on data provided by the Tax Foundation, Sales Tax Institute, U.S. Census Bureau, and the U.S. government.
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Even with the recent winding down of debt levels, consumer credit (excludes mortgage payments) as a percent of personal income has grown from 15.5% in 1975 to 20.6% in 2009 according to data by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Federal Reserve.
An analysis comparing Wal-Mart Stores' (nyse: WMT - news - people ) same-store sales growth to consumer spending data dating back to January 2004, compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, actually shows a negative correlation between the two.
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