Hat tip EZ Greensboro
The Greensboro metro has lost 5,700 private-sector jobs during the past 10 years, lagging behind the growth rates of many of the nation’s major markets, according to a federal report issued Wednesday."
Greensboro is 65th in the national rankings. The local metro declined 1.8 percent from 325,000 private-sector jobs in July 2007 to 319,300 last month.
This 10-year comparison is an effective indicator of the extent to which any given market has bounced back from the Great Recession, which officially extended from December 2007 to June 2009.
Each of the top five metros, including Raleigh (ranked fourth, 24.1 percent growth, edit done by me), logged 10-year growth rates that exceed 21 percent. The five major markets at the bottom of the list — including Greensboro — are the only areas that now have fewer private-sector jobs now than a decade ago.
Charlotte ranked 16th with 14.8 percent growth.
Quite frankly, I would take a broom and sweep all 18 seatholders out of office in Greensboro and High Point but my options are limited.
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