BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1997 All States except Alaska and Hawaii registered gains in inflation-adjusted per capita personal income during 1996, with the largest increases in the Plains region, according to revised figures from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce. Five Plains states posted the largest gains. In 1996, Alaska's per capita income was below the U.S. average for the first time since it became a state in 1959. In general, the rankings of the top 10 states in terms of per capita income changed little between 1995 and 1996. Connecticut remained number one ....(Daily Labor Report, page D-1). In the midst of the debate over the proposal to expedite consideration of trade agreements, the Economic Policy Institute releases analyses critical of what the institute described as NAFTA's negative impact on employment in the United States ....BLS and other data were used in the analyses ....(Daily Labor Report, page A-6).
