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What’s Gone Wrong (and Right) in the Industrial Heartland?

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  • Mark E. Schweitzer

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The historically Midwestern manufacturing region, sometimes referred to as the ?Rust Belt,? faced another challenging period after 2000 when manufacturing employment declined by 1.2 million jobs. This Commentary investigates the relative economic performance of this region versus other US metropolitan areas during and following these job losses. The analysis shows that while unemployment rates have recovered in the metro areas of the industrial heartland, other economic indicators lag behind the manufacturing-intensive metro areas outside of the region.

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  • Mark E. Schweitzer, 2017. "What’s Gone Wrong (and Right) in the Industrial Heartland?," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, issue September.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcec:00077
    DOI: 10.26509/frbc-ec-201714
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