Monday, July 27, 2015

States Hurt Worst By Commodities Bust

Bloomberg:

The Bloomberg Commodity Index last week reached a 13-year low and has plunged 61 percent since its peak in 2008. That matters a lot in, say, Wyoming, Louisiana, Texas and Nebraska. Not so much in New Jersey or Massachusetts, for example. The map below shows the top 10 states with the greatest exposure as measured by mining and agriculture's share of the economy in 2014. The darker the color, the more the state's economy is at risk.

And things could still get ugly in the Corn Belt.

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