That portion of the national economy composed of firms creating or producing computers, software, networking systems, search engines, etc. They appear immune to output swings or increased interest rates. Their profits grow rapidly while those of other more traditional areas grow less rapidly. Per Capita Per person. Therefore, any income equal to or less than 3 times an average person's annual food expenditures as calculated by the U.S.D.A. is a poverty level of income.
Poverty levels are also determined for families of various sizes.
Tax A tax whose burden falls more heavily on those with lower incomes. Those with higher incomes tend to pay proportionately less in terms of their incomes. The accrual method of calculating sales tax revenues simply attributes sales tax revenues received from the state in January of any year to the preceding year. The rationale is that county sales tax receipts for part of November and December are not returned by the state to the county until the following January. A statistical tool measuring percentage change in a stock average over time.