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September 26, 2011

Poverty, Wages In Pittsburgh Below National Average: Chris Briem on KDKA TV News

Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 09:26 am ET

Thursday, September 22, 2011
By Jon Delano, KDKA TV News
Poverty, Wages In Pittsburgh Below National Average

Our economist Chris Briem is interviewed regarding the local economy.

See the news story here.

September 25, 2011

Homewood beset by concentration of vacancies: Sabina Deitrick in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 04:34 pm ET

Sunday, September 25, 2011
By Jeffery Fraser, PittsburghTODAY.org
Homewood beset by concentration of vacancies

Sabina Deitrick, Director of our Urban and Regional Analysis Program, is quoted regarding housing in Homewood.

"When you look at the housing market, everything is below the city standards. Supply exceeds demand. Buyers are often not people who want to live in the neighborhood."

Read more here.

September 22, 2011

Poor in Western Pennsylvania worse off : Chris Briem in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 10:40 am ET

Thursday, September 22, 2011
By Jason Cato and Brian Bowling, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Poor in Western Pennsylvania worse off

Our economist Chris Briem provides perspective.

"Year-to-year figures are questionable, recent measures of income, real estate prices and unemployment show the region's economy has pretty much turned around."

Read more here.

September 22, 2011

Maybe it's not so bad hereabouts : Chris Briem in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 08:05 am ET

Thursday, September 22, 2011
By Gary Rotstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Maybe it's not so bad hereabouts

"Chris Briem, a regional economist in the University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh, urged caution in placing much emphasis on annual changes in ACS (American Community Survey) data. He said the positive 2010 trend they described, however, fit with other hard information such as unemployment rates, housing prices and collective income growth that have outperformed the rest of the nation."

Read more here.

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