How AP measured the meltdown at the local level - Peoria Journal Star

The Associated Press Economic Stress Index combines three economic indicators - unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcy - as a way of gauging how the recession has affected each of America's 3,141 counties. That measurement is expressed on a scale ..., more 
and Stress map outlines recession's stories - Blueridgenow.com  The Associated Press Economic Stress Index combines three economic indicators — unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcy — as a way of gauging how the recession has affected each of America's 3,141 counties. That measurement is expressed on a ..., more 
and Stocks fall on weak retail sales, foreclosure jump - Carroll County Online  Job seekers line-up outside Madison Square Garden for a job fair in New York May 13. Investors are uneasy about a potential increase in weekly jobless claims filings because the data will be the first to fully incorporate plant closings at Chrysler ..., more