Show National study stows shows Uintah i i ove e average business market rI 11 apt w. w Y r- r t. t A new study stud of business acI ac ac- I just released shows i County to be a relatively r f r. r ing market with a level of and spending above that found in many communities Significant gains were made in its trading area In the past mr as local families in a tetter buying mood Increased i their outlays for goods and i services it 1 The he facts and figures with comparable data for every area of the United States Stales are con con- t. In a copyright study i. i hy by the Marketing Economics Institute STRONGER Im CONSUMER buying was the mal mainstay tay of or the local areas area's economic progress It enabled most local merchants merchants merchants mer mer- chants to top their 1975 records Their sales volumn for tor the year amounted to as compared with the previous gross of ot Although an appreciable part of the total was due to the rise In consumer prices there still was wasa a considerable margin of ot gain over and above this What brought It about was the growing optimism on the part of ot the public induced by the slowing down of ot the inflation spiral and by the generally favorable economic indicators In most parts of the country the year produced income gains that more than offset the Increase increase increase in In- crease In the cost of ot living yielding a net rise in purchasing power The better beUel level of ot income locally has been due clue In part to the fact that the number of families that have more than one paycheck coming in has been on the rise with more and more women taking jobs outside out outs side the home Tim THE MEI figures show that Uintah County residents had net earnings after payment of personal taxes amounting to as against the p for years year's It was equivalent to an average of per household In 1975 the average was per household The rise in total Income percent compares with percent In the United States and with percent In the Mountain Slates States Consumer spending which has been the backbone of ot the recovery Is expected to continue continue con con- at a high level throughout the rest of ot 1977 and well into 1978 1973 Outlets for tor cars furniture and home appliances have been the big gainers thus far |