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Page 1: Covering Government Incentives for Economic Development by Jeff Porter

Covering government incentives for economic development 

April 12, 2013 Jeff Porter Special Projects Director Association of Health Care Journalists [email protected]

Photo credit: Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune

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Favorite underused resources

}  Electronic Municipal Market Access system }  Bureau of Economic Analysis }  Bureau of Labor Statistics }  Census Bureau

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Electronic Municipal Market Access system emma.msrb.org

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Using documents

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Using documents

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Using documents

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Using documents

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Questions generated?

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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

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Example: Local economics

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Local economics

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Local economics

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Comparing differently

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Change over time

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Local economics

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Local economics

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property

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Questions generated?

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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

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Example: Pay and benefits

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Example: Profiling an industry

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Profiling an industry

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Profiling an industry

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Profiling an industry

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Sharper focus

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Charting employment/unemployment

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Charting employment/unemployment

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Charting employment/unemployment

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Questions generated?

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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

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Example: Worker patterns

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Worker patterns

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Worker patterns

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Worker patterns II

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County profiling

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County profiling

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Questions generated?

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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

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Contact information

Jeff Porter Special Projects Director Association of Health Care Journalists [email protected] 573-884-5477 Thanks for coming!