The Associated Press has one of those interactive maps showing a Stress Index – determined from the Unemployment Rate, the Foreclosure Rate, and the Bankruptcy Rate by US County. It’s kind of fun to play with. The top figure shows the hardest hit areas as darker colors. Poor Oregon, California, and Michigan! But my reason for showing the pictures was something that surprised me. The lower figure is the difference between February and March – an Improving Stress Index is blue, a worsening Stress Index is brown. Unless I’m way misreading this thing, it looks promising to me.
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