Factoid of the Day: Metropolitan Economic Performance

From the Brookings Institution MetroMonitor: The Washington metropolitan area has ranked among the 20 strongest-performing regions among the nation’s largest 100 since the beginning of the economic recovery. The Richmond and Hampton Roads metro areas ranked in the middle 20. The MetroMonitor tracks employment growth, change in unemployment rate, change in gross metropolitan product, and change in the House Price Index.foreclosures. (Click on map for more legible image.)