Vermont State Profile

Vermont receives federal stimulus money for tax-exempt interest bonds for business loans; pace of home sales increase while housing prices remain below 2008 levels; unemployment among lowest in nation.

• State job growth fell 3.8% in August 2009 from a year ago; national job growth fell 4.4%.
• State unemployment averaged 6.8% in August 2009; the national average was 9.7%
• Personal income fell 0.8% to $23.8 billion in Q2 2009 from a year ago.
• Tax revenue rose 2.2% in Q2 2009 from the previous year.
• Exports fell 19.3% to $1.7 billion in the first seven months of 2009 from a year ago.