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MetroMonitor: Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America's 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas (1st Quarter, 2011)

Howard Wial and Richard Shearer, Brookings Institution
Topics: Economic Output, Employment, Housing
Data Sources: MetroMonitor

Nearly all the metropolitan areas whose economies suffered the least since the start of the Great Recession had increases in government employment, while most of those that suffered the most lost government jobs. Seventeen of the 20 metropolitan areas that have had the strongest overall economic performance since the start of the recession (all except Augusta, Buffalo, and Columbus) gained government jobs since their periods of peak total employment. Fourteen of the 20 that had the weakest overall performance (all except Bakersfield, Boise, Cape Coral, Jacksonville, Lakeland, and Tampa) lost government jobs since hitting their total employment peaks. For more, see the Brookings Institution MetroMonitor.

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Howard Wial, Fellow
Richard Shearer, Senior Research Assistant

Metropolitan Policy Program
Brookings Institution

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