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  <title type="text">ErieVitalSigns.org - Economic Indicators</title>
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  <updated>2012-02-27T19:37:52-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">The latest data on Job Growth has been updated.</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-11T18:34:08-05:00</updated>
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			Check out the updates on www.PittsburghTODAY.org!
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    <title type="text">The latest data on Job Growth has been updated.</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-11T18:34:24-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">New December job figures show modest growth</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-25T20:03:12-05:00</updated>
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      <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Job figures for December 2011 are now available.  The year-over-year job growth rate in December for Erie was 0.85 percent.  The region had 1,100 more jobs in December 2011 compared to December 2010.
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    <title type="text">Indicator RSS title</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-11T16:26:43-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">Economy - Change in Employment, Unemployment and Labor Force</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-05T16:22:03-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">Annual Unemployment Rate</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-11T18:35:27-05:00</updated>
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      <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">All data are not seasonally adjusted figures. </div>
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    <title type="text">Annual Employment, Unemployment and Labor Force</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-11T18:34:50-05:00</updated>
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      <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">All data are not seasonally adjusted figures. </div>
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    <title type="text">Economy - Average Weekly Wages</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-27T15:37:24-05:00</updated>
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      <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">In the first quarter of 2011, Erie had the second-lowest average weekly wages at $710.  Only Laredo, TX had a lower figure of $616.  However, wages in Erie grew 5.65 percent year-over-year, which was the second-highest growth rate of the benchmark regions.  Only Peoria had a higher growth rate year-over-year.The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program publishes a quarterly count of employment and wages reported by employers covering 98 percent of U.S. jobs, available at the county, MSA, state and national levels by industry.</div>
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    <title type="text">Economy - Average Pay</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-11T18:38:14-05:00</updated>
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      <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Erie's annual average pay in 2010 ($36,366) was lower than every other region except for Laredo, TX ($31,248).The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program publishes a quarterly count of employment and wages reported by employers covering 98 percent of U.S. jobs, available at the county, MSA, state and national levels by industry.</div>
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    <title type="text">The latest data on Household Income has been updated.</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-11T18:38:56-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">The latest data on homeownership has been updated.</title>
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    <updated>2012-02-23T19:33:00-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">Per Capita Income</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-12T18:58:59-05:00</updated>
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      <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The Per Capita Income of Erie County, while being at par with state and national averages in the early 80s, has risen at much lower levels over the past two decades. This trend has created a serious and substantial gap in Per Capita Income between Erie County and the rest of the nation. Over time, the per capita income of Pennsylvania generally tracked US levels while Erie lagged behind. The Erie Region needs a more vibrant economy, with matching workforce skills, to close this gap. Governmental tax burdens tend to become unreasonably high when Per Capita Incomes lag. 
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    <title type="text">The latest data on Poverty has been updated.</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-06T19:08:09-05:00</updated>
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      <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Check out the updates on www.erievitalsigns.org!</div>
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    <title type="text">Visitor Spending</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-12T18:59:35-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">Tourism-Related Jobs</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-12T19:00:07-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">Tourism-Related Wages</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-12T19:00:52-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">Tourism-Related Taxes</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-12T19:01:43-05:00</updated>
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    <title type="text">ACCRA Cost of Living Index</title>
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    <updated>2012-01-13T21:44:08-05:00</updated>
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      <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The ACCRA Cost of Living Index measures relative price levels for consumer goods and services in participating areas. The average for all participating places, both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan, equals 100, and each participant's index is read as a percentage of the average for all places.
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