Implicit Regional Price Deflator: Metropolitan Portion for Massachusetts

The Implicit Regional Price Deflator (IRPD) is the ratio of the current-dollar value of a series, such as regional personal income, to its corresponding chained-dollar value, multiplied by 100. Metropolitan portion consists of all counties in a state that are parts of metropolitan statistical areas. For more information about this release go to http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/rpp/rpp_newsrelease.htm or http://www.bea.gov/regional/methods.cfm.