Consumer Sentiment: Fall 2010

The August 2010 data is below. We can see the Seven Rivers Region consumer sentiment index fell slightly from 79.2 to 79.0 while the national index fell more significantly from 73.7 to 69.6. The April 2011 data will be released at the Economics Indicators Breakfast May 4th.

Dating the Recession

I was asked by the local newspaper to comment on the recession. Has the recovery begun locally? The article is here, and my thoughts are here.

Wisconsin 2010-2011 General Fund Appropriations

This is data from Table 10 from Act 28.

This link which takes you to the "Many Eyes" website in order to have a bit more room to play around with it.

Metrics

The state has produced some metrics for the seven rivers region. Available here.

Sept. 2010

Sept 2010 final

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Foreclosure Maps

Two Maps.

Update: Consumer Sentiment

In February 1,344 Seven Rivers Region participants were again contacted to participate in the consumer sentiment survey. 301 of the participants responded. The over all index increased to 79.2 from 75.2.