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• T100 regional firms still going strong

  - 2008-04-01

  The nation’s Top 100 regional firms reflected continued strong economic growth during 2007, despite signs of an economic downturn just before year’s end. Nationwide, Top 100 Firm revenue grew at a combined rate of 11.31 percent, just slightly above the previous year’s 11.09 percent. Consumer spending on...

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• Updated summary of NIPA methodologies

  - 2007-11-01

  The Bureau of Economic Analysis BEA has recently improved its estimates of current-dollar gross domestic product GDP, current-dollar gross domestic income GDI, and real GDP as part of the 2007 annual revision of the national income and product accounts NIPAs. (1) The sources of data and methodologies that are now...

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• The U.S. economy to 2016: slower growth as boomers begin to retire

  - 2007-11-01

  Real GDP growth is expected to average 2.8 percent a year over the next decade, less than its previous 10-year trend, while productivity growth is expected to slow as well; continued increases in defense spending and strong foreign markets also characterize the outlook for the coming decade ********** ...

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• A comparison of income concepts across agencies: IRS, Census, and BLS

  - 2005-12-22

  The Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the U.S. Census Bureau all collect data on personal and household income. As their purposes for collecting these data vary, so do the definitions they use. The authors propose to study the differences and similarities in the income definitions used...

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• Hours Measures For Productivity Measurement And National Accounting

  BNET - 2004-09-14

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS collects data on labor hours in both household and establishment business surveys. These data are of interest for a variety of reasons, including comparing the situation of workers over time or in different countries. In addition, hours data are used together with measures of...

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• Points of Light Foundation Announces State Volunteering Rates;Research Highlights Impact of Volunteer Center National Network

  - 2004-09-13

  WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The results of new research by the Points of Light Foundation and researchers at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis's Center on Urban and Environmental Policy revealed that, in 2003, Utah's residents continue to boast the highest rate of volunteering for the second straight year....

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• York, Pa., area's unemployment rate holds steady, follows trends.

  - 2004-09-06

  By Michelle Starr, York Daily Record, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 6--York County's small shift in unemployment numbers is in line with state, regional and national trends. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in July dropped one-tenth of a percentage...

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• Second-quarter wages show gain, discrepancies

  - 2004-07-21

  Median weekly earnings of the nation's 101.3 million full-time wage and salary workers were $639 in the second quarter of 2004, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported Tuesday. This was 3.7 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 2.8 percent...

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• The U.S. economy to 2012: signs of growth: based on the assumptions used in developing economic projections, real GDP is expected to grow during the next decade, while productivity remains strong and inflation remains stable

  - 2004-02-01

  Every 2 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics prepares a set of projected U.S. economic factors that form the basis for the employment projections program. This article presents the projections of U.S. economic factors that underlie the 2002-12 employment projections. This set of aggregate economic projections presents some unique challenges....

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• U.S. Economic Reports Show Continued Productivity Gains in Second Quarter.

  - 2003-08-12

  By Allister Heath, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 12--Corporate America's extraordinary resilience in the face of adversity was confirmed yet again last week, with new figures showing that the US productivity miracle continued apace during the second ...uarter....

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