Fastest and Slowest State Economies, where is your state?

[Svnla]

Fast (top of list = good) = http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/06/13/fastest-growing-state-economies/

• Wyoming
• North Dakota
• Alaska
• South Dakota
• Utah
• Texas
• Nevada
• Montana
• Oklahoma
• Louisiana

Slow (top of list = bad) = http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/06/13/americas-fastest-and-slowest-growing-state-economies/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl12%7Csec1_lnk2%7C70330

• Michigan
• Ohio
• Missouri
• Massachusetts
• Georgia
• Illinois
• New Hampshire
• Wisconsin
• Indiana
• New Jersey

 

[Lithium381]

apparently im somewhere in the middle. CA

 

[rivan]

3rd worst.

 

[MotionMan]

apparently im somewhere in the middle. CA

This.

MotionMan

 

[Slew Foot]

A littlesurprised ca isn't shittier than it is.

 

[nageov3t]

if Wyoming's GDP doubles from $1 to $2, is that really so much better than another state going from $50 to $60?

Growth often looks better when it is from a small base. Among the states with the most rapidly growing GDPs are four of the eight least populated states. Their economies are small even when compared to weakened states like Michigan. A very modest growth in absolute GDP can translate into high double-digit growth. Absolute growth has to be remarkable to make the GDP growth rate of a large state top the national average. The only large state economy that was marked by that level of growth was Texas, the second largest state by GDP.

 

[Oil]

6th fastest

 

[BoomerD]

apparently im somewhere in the middle. CA

Yep...didn't make either list...which is both good and bad.

 

[Train]

I knew Michigan was #1 before I clicked the thread.

libtard capital of the USA.

Though seems a few people have woken up... new GOP Gov eliminating the ridiculous small business tax really has job prospects looking up for once. Could be too little too late though.

 

[DesiPower]

TX ftw

 

[JulesMaximus]

It's great to see our nations citizens so supportive of one another...

 

[Anubis]

in the middle

New York

 

[nageov3t]

It's great to see our nations citizens so supportive of one another...

fuck you and your goddamned state



:sneaky:

 

[Zen0]

People are stupid. Take the OP for example. Fastest growing means little. Pakistan could grow 100x as fast as America and it means jack shit.

 

[Specop 007]

It's great to see our nations citizens so supportive of one another...

Maybe if 47% of the citizens werent trying to rob the other 53%....

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Most of the states at the top are there either from exploiting natural resources or because they had such shitty econmies before that there was tons of room for growth.

 

[TridenT]

North Dakota is fastest? Is that good?

And how? No one lives in ND.

 

[Gibson486]

I kind of take this with a grain of salt, but i did not even read the artcle, so maybe it was already discussed.

I mean...you could grow a lot, but you could have had nothing before....

Meanwhile, you could have grown a little, but the state has managed to keep jobs instead of losing.

 

[corwin]

TX ftw

Right there with ya:thumbsup:

 

[waffleironhead]

North Dakota is fastest? Is that good?

And how? No one lives in ND.

when you have to smallest gdp and a 800k population, any growth is significant enough to make it to the top.

 

[Anubis]

north dakota is fastest? Is that good?

And how? No one lives in nd.

the state's gdp is dominated by energy extraction and agriculture. North dakota is the largest producer of barley, oats, and durham wheat. Sharp rises in agricultural prices have helped the state's economy.

 

[Oil]

North Dakota is fastest? Is that good?

And how? No one lives in ND.

Bakken Shale

 

[TwiceOver]

4th Fastest. South Dakota. I assume it is because of farming. Recession or not, people gotta eat.

 

[Svnla]

People are stupid. Take the OP for example. Fastest growing means little. Pakistan could grow 100x as fast as America and it means jack shit.

Don't kill the messenger. If you don't like the article, whine to the writer(s), I did not write it. In the mean while, FUCK YOU, asshole!!!

 

[CPA]

North Dakota is fastest? Is that good?

And how? No one lives in ND.

Huge natural gas projects have literally created new towns.