Economic Outlook for 50 States

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released the coinciden
t indexes for the 50 states for
April
2013
.

In the past
month, t
he indexes
increased in
4
5
state
s
, decreased in
four
states,
and remained stable in
one
(
Minnesota
)
,
for a one
–
month
diffusion index of
82
. Over
the past three
months
,
t
he indexes
increased in
4
7
states
,
decreased in
two
(
Wisconsin and
Wyoming
)
, and remained stable in
one
(
Alaska
)
,
for a
thre
e
–
month diffusion index of
90
.

For comparison purposes, the
Philadelphia F
ed has also developed a similar
coincident
index for the entire United States. The Philadelphia Fed’s U.S.
index
rose 0.
2
percent
in
April
and
0.
8
percent
over
the past three months.

Full Report: http://www.philadelphiafed.org/research-and-data/regional-economy/indexes/coincident/2013/CoincidentIndexes0413.pdf