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Covering government incentives for economic development
April 12, 2013 Jeff Porter Special Projects Director Association of Health Care Journalists jeff@healthjournalism.org
Photo credit: Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune
Favorite underused resources
} Electronic Municipal Market Access system } Bureau of Economic Analysis } Bureau of Labor Statistics } Census Bureau
Electronic Municipal Market Access system emma.msrb.org
Using documents
Using documents
Using documents
Using documents
Questions generated?
Bureau of Economic Analysis www.bea.gov LOCAL AREA PERSONAL INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT } Personal income, per capita personal income, and population } Average wage per job, wage and salary disbursements and
employment } Personal income and employment summary } Personal income and earnings by industry } Compensation of employees by industry } Total full-time and part-time employment by industry } Economic profiles } Personal current transfer receipts } Farm income and expenses } Gross flow of earnings
Example: Local economics
Local economics
Local economics
Comparing differently
Change over time
Local economics
Local economics
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property
Questions generated?
Bureau of Labor Statistics www.bls.gov } Inflation and prices } Employment } Unemployment } Pay and benefits } Spending and time use } Productivity } Workplace injuries } International } Employment
projections
} Regional resources } Historical tables } Maps } Calculators
Example: Pay and benefits
Example: Profiling an industry
Profiling an industry
Profiling an industry
Profiling an industry
Sharper focus
Charting employment/unemployment
Charting employment/unemployment
Charting employment/unemployment
Questions generated?
U.S. Census Bureau www.census.gov AND onthemap.ces.census.gov } Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
} Annual Capital Expenditures Survey
} Annual Public Employment Survey
} Annual Retail Trade Survey
} Annual Survey of Manufactures
} Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances
} Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
} Building Permits
} Business Dynamics Statistics
} Business Expenses
} Business R & D and Innovation Survey
} Commodity Flow Survey
} Construction Spending
} County Business Patterns
} Current Industrial Reports
} E-Stats (E-Commerce Statistics)
} Economic Census
} Economic Census of Island Areas
} Enterprise Statistics
} Export Statistics
} Exports from Manufacturing Establishments
} Import Statistics
} Information and Communication Technology Survey
} Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
} Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey
} Manufacturing and Trade Inventory and Sales
} Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
} Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey
} Monthly Wholesale Trade
} Nonemployer Statistics
} Plant Capacity Utilization
} Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures (Discontinued)
} Profile of U.S. Exporting Companies
} Quarterly Financial Report
} Quarterly Services Survey
} Quarterly Workforce Indicators
} Retail E-Commerce Sales
} Service Annual Survey
} State Government Tax Collections Survey
} State and Local Government Public-Employee Retirement Systems
} Statistics of U.S. Businesses
} Survey of Business Owners
} Survey of Construction
} Tax Collections
Example: Worker patterns
Worker patterns
Worker patterns
Worker patterns II
County profiling
County profiling
Questions generated?
Additional resources } Arkansas Economic Development Commission data:
www.arkansasedc.com/bring-your-business-to-arkansas/data-and-demographics.aspx
} U.S. Census Bureau economic data: www.census.gov/econ/
} Subsidy Tracker: www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker } Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance programs:
www.cfda.gov } U.S. government spending: www.usaspending.gov } State government spending: transparency.arkansas.gov
Contact information
Jeff Porter Special Projects Director Association of Health Care Journalists jeff@healthjournalism.org 573-884-5477 Thanks for coming!