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Pension Gap Perils
Pennsylvania and New Jersey?s pension systems are severely straining their state budgets, and Delaware?s also carry shortfalls Are the significant shortfalls in tristate public pension funds actually far worse than official reports suggest?
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Regional Spotlight: Making Ends Meet
How does the local cost of living affect a household’s standard of living?
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Regional Spotlight: Homicides and Poverty
In the public imagination, homicides and poverty are tightly linked—but are they?
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Regional Spotlight: Evaluating Metro Unemployment Rates Throughout the Business Cycle
Not all unemployment is the same, especially when comparing RVs with MDs.
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Regional Spotlight: Poverty in Philadelphia, and Beyond
The focus on poverty within the city of Philadelphia misses the bigger picture—and the state’s role.
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How Third District Firms Were Impacted by COVID-19
The first few weeks of our special COVID Survey tell us a lot about how businesses fared during unprecedented times.
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Regional Spotlight: Purchasing Power Across the U.S.
Where you live can determine how far a dollar goes. But pay varies regionally, too. To get a true picture of an area?s affordability, it helps to understand regional price parities.
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Regional Spotlight Measuring State Employment
We introduce our new quarterly Early Benchmarks of monthly state employment estimates.
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Regions defined and dissected
In 2013, the federal government confirmed what every kid from Waynesboro, PA, had understood 50 years earlier ? that Franklin County was inextricably tied to the Washington?Baltimore region. Forsaking the Phillies and Pirates, Little Leaguers from south-central Pennsylvania traveled instead to watch Frank Robinson in the Orioles? outfield. In the fall, local families jeered the Eagles and Steelers, and cheered as Johnny Unitas led the Baltimore Colts to victories. Good-paying jobs beckoned and TV signals emanated from over the Blue Ridge mountains and inside the dual beltways.
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Regional Spotlight: State Business Cycles vs. COVID
Our state business cycle dating algorithm was no match for COVID-19.