August 10, 2010
Personal incomes declined last year throughout most of the nation, with the exception of a few regions propped up by federal funding, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Monday. Of the 52 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., personal incomes rose in only three — Washington, D.C., San Antonio and Virginia Beach, Va — where the biggest gains were among federal government and military workers. Areas with a high number of housing and finance jobs, including Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, experienced some of the most drastic declines. And areas with plummeting housing prices and high unemployment like Nevada and Florida experienced some of the biggest year-over-year personal income drops, the WSJ noted . Overall, personal income fell in 223 metropolitan areas, increased in 134, and remained unchanged in nine. In the majority of areas where personal income increased, the Commerce Department attributes a major portion of the rise to a jump in transfer receipts like unemployment benefits. The following 12 metropolitan areas endured some of the nation’s steepest personal income declines in 2009:
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February 28, 2010
Here is a nice piece by Vivek Wadhwa in TechCrunch.
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