Economic Progress in American Metro Areas
The Brookings Institution’s new Metro Monitor 2019 explores economic success at the regional level, going beyond national measures of GDP and unemployment to look at data on economic growth, inclusion and prosperity in the country’s 100 largest metro areas. Between 2007 and 2017, prosperity rose in most metro areas, but only 65 exceeded their 2007 level of standard of living. Over the ten-year period, metro areas made uneven progress on economic inclusion – how growth and prosperity are distributed among individuals and households – and racial inclusion.