Cincinnati ranked

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The report divided the 100 largest metroxinto 20-city segments, ranging from “strongest” to “weakest.” San Antonio rankes at the top of the “strongest” and Detroit placed last in the category. The Cincinnati metropolitamn area ranked 62 of 100metros overall, just behind according to the first-quarter MetroMonitore report, released Wednesday. That placed it at No. 2 in the cities category.
MetroMonitor ranked citiew according to four the percent change in employment from its peakto first-quarteer 2009; the percentage changer in the unemployment rate from 1Q 2008 to 1Q the percent change in grosz metropolitan product from its peak to 1Q and the percent change in housing prices from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009. The gross metropolitan product is the total value of goods and servicesa produced within themetro area. Cincinnati ranked 50th of 100 for changein employment, down 2.8 percent from its peak; 56th for year-over-yeaer change in unemployment, up 3.6 percent; 78th for GMP, down 4.4 and 37th for year-over-year housing price change, up 0.
1 Two cities in the region farerd better: Columbus was 40th, at the bottom of the category. Indianapolis was 42nd, ranking at No.2 in the category. Other area metros in the second-weakest categoryt included Cleveland, 64th; Louisville, 65th; 74th; and Dayton, 79th. Youngstown (88th) and Toledk (91st) both fell into the “weakest” The MetroMonitor will be published quarterly, according to the Metropolitam Policy Programat Brookings. To read the completr report, .