AP 'Economic Stress Index' Launched

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By: E&P Staff The Associated Press has introduced its Economic Stress Index, which it describes as a service that "will provide monthly, multi-format updates on the economic stress of the United States down to the county level."

An announcement states it weighs three economic variables -- unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcy -- "to produce a score on a scale of 0-100 that measures how the recession is affecting a county compared to all others."

More on the product is available at:

http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_051109a.html

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