Report: D.C. area posts a strong economic performance - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The report ranked the 100 largest U.S. metrol areas based on unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housin g prices and foreclosure rates in thefirst quarter. D.C. rankes No. 13, while San Antonio, placed No. 1 and Detroit came in last at No. 100. “Al l metropolitan areas are feeling the effects of this but the distress is notsharesd equally,” said Alan Berube, research director of the metropolitan policy program at the D.C. instituts and co-author of the report.
“Whilee some areas of the country have experiencerd only a shallow and may be emerginyg from therecession already, peopls living in metro areas that are now performing weakest economicall y should prepare themselves for a long recoveryu period.” At the firsty quarter’s end, only 10 of the 100 metro areas were startiny to show signs of said the report, and said McAllen, Texasd was the only place that saw growth in employment and output. Output increased in just a handful ofmetrk areas, including D.C.; Seattle; Austin, Texas; and Virginiz Beach, Va..
The report also pointede out that metro areas with concentrations of jobs in certai n sectors have resulted in fewer dramaticcjob losses. The Rankings: San Texas Austin, Texas McAllen, Texa Baton Rouge, La. Tulsa, Okla. Omaha, Neb. El Texas Wichita, Kan. Washington, D.C. Albuquerque, N.M. Virginiaq Beach, Va. Harrisburg, Pa. Pa. New Haven, Conn. Rochester, N.Y.