Topic: The Brookings Institution

Metro economies grow, job growth slow: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economies of the biggest U.S. metropolitan areas began to grow again by the end of last year, but the recovery was "slow, uneven and inconsistent" and failed to spur much jobs growth, according to a study by the ...
And sometimes surprises.While each American recession is different, most major ones end with pessimism heavy in the air.As the U.S. economy claws its way out of the deepest downturn in decades, jobs are still being lost, consumers are jittery and banks are ...