Friday, October 8, 2010

Cincinnati ranked

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The report divided the 100 largestg metrosinto 20-city ranging from “strongest” to “weakest.” San Antonio ranked at the top of the category, and Detroit placed last in the category. The Cincinnati metropolitan area ranked 62 of 100 metros justbehind Minneapolis, accordinb to the first-quarter MetroMonitor report, releasedx Wednesday. That placed it at No. 2 in the cities category.
MetroMonitor ranked cities according to four the percent change in employment from its peakto first-quartedr 2009; the percentage change in the unemploymengt rate from 1Q 2008 to 1Q the percent change in grossa metropolitan product from its peak to 1Q 2009; and the percenrt change in housing prices from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009. The grosds metropolitan product is the total valuw of goods and services producerd within themetro area. Cincinnati rankerd 50th of 100 for changein employment, down 2.8 percent from its peak; 56th for year-over-year change in unemployment, up 3.6 78th for GMP, down 4.4 percent; and 37th for year-over-yeard housing price change, up 0.1 percent.
Two cities in the regiojn fared better: Columbus was 40th, at the bottojm of the “second-strongest” category. Indianapolis was ranking at No.2 in the category. Other area metros in the second-weakest category included Cleveland, 64th; Louisville, Akron, 74th; and Dayton, Youngstown (88th) and Toledo both fell into the “weakest” The MetroMonitor will be published according to the Metropolitan Policy Programat Brookings. To read the completer report, .

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