Twin Cities Leads Midwest in Economic Recovery
Posted at: 02/23/2013 4:26 PM
| Updated at: 02/23/2013 4:28 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Twin Cities economy is faring better than the other major metropolitan areas in the Midwest.
That's according to new data from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Minneapolis-St. Paul's economic output grew 1.5 percent between 2008 and 2011, while Chicago, Detroit and most of the region's other big cities lost ground.
The Star Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/YJAFaU ) unemployment in Minneapolis-St. Paul is at 5.1 percent, compared with a national average of 7.9 percent. The $207.8 billion economy of the Twin Cities accounts for about three-quarters of Minnesota's economic output.
Before the downturn from 2001 to 2007, the area's economy grew at an average rate of 1.9 percent, a pace of growth to which it returned in 2011.
Information from: Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com (Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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