Maine’s Private Sector . . . 2nd Quarter, 2011
Last week the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the second quarter of 2011 by state (pdf) and revisions for the past couple of […]
Read More →Is Maine Growing Faster than New Hampshire?
It has come to my attention that there are some folks out there trying to make hay out of the latest state Gross Domestic Product (GDP ) data that was […]
Read More →New Hampshire Envy
In today’s article in the Portland Press Herald–“New Hampshire Envy” Takes a Seat in Augusta–there are a number of erroneous comments (in the comment section) in regards to New Hampshire’s […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 3rd Quarter, 2010
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the third quarter of 2010. As shown in Chart 1, Maine’s private sector share […]
Read More →Impending Retirement Boom Among Government Workers
Today we launched new data as part of our MaineOpenGov.org project providing new details about Maine’s current retired government workers. However, additional data shows that Maine’s pool of retired government […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector . . . 2nd Quarter 2010
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released new personal income data for the second quarter of 2010 and revisions for the past couple of years. As […]
Read More →Record Increase in Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts
In my previous blog I hinted that Maine’s Personal Current Transfer Receipts (PCTR) were behind the large drop in the private sector share of personal income. Between 2008 and 2009, […]
Read More →Maine’s Private Sector Plunges in 2009
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released their 2009 personal income estimates. Undoubtedly, some folks will be praising Maine’s rise in the state per capita income […]
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