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  • Cleveland—Slow Growth Continues

    Overall, economic conditions were stable in the Cleveland metro area during the first half of 2017. While employment growth has been weak, the unemployment rate has declined in recent months. The housing market remains strong, with both home price growth and the number of building permits issued at or near their highest levels since the recovery began in June 2009. Read More

  • Cincinnati—Continued Strong Performance

    The Cincinnati metro area continues to perform more strongly than Ohio across various metrics. Compared to Ohio, Cincinnati's unemployment rate and credit card delinquency rate are lower, while its home price values and payroll employment growth are higher. Read More

  • Neighborhood Change in the Fourth Federal Reserve District: A Multivariate Approach

    This special report provides a description of neighborhood change in the four largest cities of the Fourth Federal Reserve District, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1970 to 2010. Read More

  • Challenging the Kentucky “Uglies”

    Organizations in eastern Kentucky are working to reduce health disparities and build a healthier and more productive population and a stronger regional economy. Read More

  • State of the State: Kentucky

    Annualized payroll employment growth has slowed in the District and the nation, but there are reasons to remain upbeat about the near-term outlook.​ Read More

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  • Cleveland—Slow Growth Continues

    Overall, economic conditions were stable in the Cleveland metro area during the first half of 2017. While employment growth has been weak, the unemployment rate has declined in recent months. The housing market remains strong, with both home price growth and the number of building permits issued at or near their highest levels since the recovery began in June 2009. Read More  

  • Cincinnati—Continued Strong Performance

    The Cincinnati metro area continues to perform more strongly than Ohio across various metrics. Compared to Ohio, Cincinnati's unemployment rate and credit card delinquency rate are lower, while its home price values and payroll employment growth are higher. Read More  

  • Stabilizing Local Housing Markets in Cuyahoga County: Blight Elimination

    Ten years removed from the housing crisis, local housing markets are still feeling the negative effects of the collapse. The share of foreclosed homes has declined from peak levels, but blight remains an obstacle to stabilizing local housing markets. Strategic interventions to eliminate blight balance demolition and rehabilitation of homes in order to promote housing market stability. Read More  

  • Home Lending in Cuyahoga County Neighborhoods

    We begin our report on Cuyahoga County, home to the City of Cleveland, with a broad look at application and origination activity over the past 25 years (1990–2015), and then focus on the 12-year period from 2004 to 2015. Read More  

  • Home Lending Reports Reveal that Home Loan Outcomes Vary by Race, Income, and County

    The first two in a series of home lending reports by county examine trends in Cuyahoga and Allegheny and reveal differences for not only the counties, but also for borrowers of different races and incomes. Read More