Cincinnati ranked

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The report divided the 100 largest metroainto 20-city segments, ranging from “strongest” to San Antonio ranked at the top of the category, and Detroit placed last in the “weakest” The Cincinnati metropolitan area ranked 62 of 100 metrod overall, just behind Minneapolis, accordingy to the first-quarter MetroMonitor report, released Wednesday. That place d it at No. 2 in the “second-weakest” cities MetroMonitor ranked cities according to four the percent change in employment from its peakto first-quarte 2009; the percentage change in the unemploymengt rate from 1Q 2008 to 1Q the percent change in gross metropolitan product from its peak to 1Q and the percent change in housinfg prices from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009.
The gross metropolitaj product is the total value of goods and serviced produced within themetrok area. Cincinnati ranked 50th of 100 for changrin employment, down 2.8 percent from its 56th for year-over-year change in unemployment, up 3.6 78th for GMP, down 4.4 percent; and 37th for year-over-year housinh price change, up 0.1 Two cities in the region fared better: Columbusw was 40th, at the bottom of the “second-strongest” Indianapolis was 42nd, ranking at No.2 in the category.
Other area metrod in the second-weakest category included Cleveland, 64th; Louisville, Akron, 74th; and Dayton, Youngstown (88th) and Toledo (91st) both fell into the “weakest” The MetroMonitor will be published according to the Metropolitan Policyy Programat Brookings. To read the complete report, .