Regional Price Parities and Real Personal Income – 2015

by | Jun 23, 2017

Arkansas is a relatively low income state, but it is also a state with a very low cost of living.  A dollar of income supports more real spending in Arkansas than it would in other, more expensive parts of the country.  New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis...

Real Personal Income – 2014

by | Jul 8, 2016

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released new figures on real personal income for states and metropolitan areas yesterday.  The data contain a wealth of information on incomes, prices and standards-of-living.  They are based on a relatively new dataset calculating...

Real Personal Income and Purchasing Power, 2007-2011

by | Jun 13, 2013

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released a brand new set of data yesterday:  Real Personal Income for States and Metropolitan Areas, 2007-2011 (Prototype Estimates).  The data are not as timely as those we usually cover here on the Arkansas Economist, but they...
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