Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

3-2011

Publisher

Brookings Mountain West

Abstract

The metros of the Intermountain West largely fell into two categories by the close of the fourth quarter of 2010 in December: those consolidating their gains from previous quarters on the way to recovery and those still struggling to turn around appreciably and reposition themselves for the next economy. Along those lines, three Intermountain West metros ranked in the top quintile of performers and three in the bottom at year’s end on a measure of overall performance that takes into account changes in employment levels, the unemployment rate, output (gross metropolitan product or GMP), and housing prices since the beginning of the recession for the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas.

Keywords

Business cycles; Economic development; Economic history; Housing – Prices; Job creation; Metropolitan areas; Recessions; Unemployment; West (U.S)

Disciplines

Demography, Population, and Ecology | Economic Policy | Economics | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Sociology | Work, Economy and Organizations

Language

English

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