Some data, as President Biden visits (CNN):
Category Archives: Wisconsin
Tracking Wisconsin Manufacturing: Did Tariffs Help?
In a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article (via Pulitzer) Rick Barrett notes “Manufacturing is coming home” to Wisconsin. Does the data support this?
Wisconsin Economic Activity thru March
Continues to rise, according the the Phildaelphia Fed’s coincident index, just out. The divergence with GDP continues to persist.
Have Wisconsin Inflation Adjusted Total Wages and Salaries Risen since 2021Q1?
Yes, using either Chained CPI, or East North Central CPI:
Should Wisconsinites Trust the JEC-Republicans State Inflation Tracker?
I’m not sure what it brings to the debate (see PolitiFact Wisconsin, WisconsinWatch).
Wisconsin Economic Activity and Inflation
Latest employment, coincident indices:
Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon
Video via WisconsinEye, event on April 10th.
Some Wisconsin Macro Indicators through February (and Thoughts on the Wisconsin GOP Imagined Recession that Wasn’t)
Coincident index for February out today.
Wisconsin End-of-2023 Surge
From BEA state level data released on Friday. GDP grows 4.2% SAAR, Chained CPI deflated wages and salaries by 1.9%; Year-on-Year, 1.5% and 3.0% respectively. While NFP only grew 0.9% q/q AR, the Philadelphia Fed’s early benchmark measure of NFP grew 1.5%.
Wisconsin Current Economic Conditions
Coincident index suggests acceleration.