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Florida incomes? They look to be rising but may really be slipping

 
Published July 2, 2015

Are Floridians making financial progress? It's not always easy to measure.

A report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis finds "real personal income" across the country rose by an average of 0.8 percent in 2013, while rising even more (1.1 percent) in Florida. The numbers are the latest available. Examined more closely, though, the figures are less flattering. Measure by "real per capita personal income" — which measures per person income growth based on constant 2009 dollars — and the United States still reported positive gains. Florida and the bulk of its major metro areas saw a decline in income by this measure between 2008 and 2013.