Tag Archives: Incomes

San Francisco: The Best Paying City

We’ve already shown that San Francisco is the smartest city and the most over-priced city, now a new study declares the San Francisco Bay Area as the highest-paying place to live in the United States. Continue reading

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Why We’ll See Stimulus 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 (and so on, until The Great Implosion)

Funny things happen when the government borrows trillions and transfers a rising chunk of it to individuals: GDP goes up and so does the dependence on government borrowing.Frequent contributor B.C. submitted a fascinating and deeply disturbing chart which depicts government … Continue reading

Posted in Banking and Finance, Best Of The Storm, Fresh Perspectives | Tagged Bailouts, Bank Regulations, Deflation, GDP, Housing Inventory Reports, Incomes, Inflation, National Debt | 2 Comments

PMI: Expect a U-Shaped Recovery

From PMI: The Housing & Mortgage Market Review, October 2009 Here are some of the highlights: While the economy continues to expand, recent economic data suggest that the pace of growth will be slow and the trend will only be … Continue reading

Posted in Data, Data, and More Data | Tagged Consumer Spending, Existing Home Sales, GDP, Home Prices, Incomes, Jobless Recovery, Mortgage Delinquency Rates, New Home Sales, PMI, Recession | Leave a comment

Household Incomes Fell Last Year

Calculated Risk highlights a report from the Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in the United States fell 3.6 percent between 2007 and 2008, from$52,163 to $50,303. This breaks a string of three … Continue reading

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