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PaulRevere08

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9. Wisconsin trails the US overall in almost every single economic indicator
Wed Jun 19, 2019, 12:24 PM
Jun 2019

Wisconsin wages and salaries grew 3.4% in 2017 in Wisconsin and 4.6% nationwide.
Wisconsin's forecast calls for total wage growth of 3.9% in 2018 and 3.6% in 2019, compared to
4.7% and 4.6% nationwide.

Wisconsin personal income grew 3.6% in 2017, somewhat above the Great Lakes region's growth of 3.5%
and significantly below the 4.4% growth nationwide.

Wisconsin personal income is expected to increase 3.8% in 2018 and 3.9% in 2019, compared to 4.5% growth nationwide in both
years.

Wisconsin employment growth slowed in 2017 and 2018, to 0.7% and 0.8%, respectively. U.S. employment grew twice as fast,
1.6%, in both years.

Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 2.8% in the second quarter of 2018 and has
stabilized at 3.0% by the end of 2018. Wisconsin's unemployment rate has been consistently below the national rate since
2008.

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