State Personal Income and More ... State personal income, 2009: III

摘要

Personal income grew in 41 states in the third quarter of 2009 (table A). Excluding personal current transfer receipts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, which peaked in the second quarter, personal income grew in every state. Personal income growth ranged from 0.9 percent in Alaska to -0.4 percent in. Louisiana and averaged 0.3 percent in the third quarter. In the second quarter, state personal income growth averaged 0.8 percent. Inflation, as measured by the national price index for personal consumption expenditures, accelerated to 0.7 percent in the third quarter after rising 0.3 percent in the second quarter. This increase in the prices households paid for goods and services was greater than or equal to the increases in personal income in every state except Alaska.