Interactive Access to Report Data Enables Deeper Understanding of Metrics
- Strong tax collections and unprecedented federal stimulus benefit states, although surplus spending could lower reserves and reduce recession preparedness.
- Less favorable borrowing conditions need to be watched as well.
- Florida, New Hampshire, and Texas break into the top five ranking bucking a historic trend toward Western and Mountain states.
- Housing markets strengthen in the West and South as Americans continue to migrate from the Northeast and Midwest – rural and suburban areas did especially well.
- Interactive features enable a closer look at the report’s 13 metrics by state and region.
Thu, May 19, 2022