Patch's Northeast Ohio Recession Recovery Gauge
This summer, Patch examined income tax data from 18 Northeast Ohio communities to gauge their recovery from the recession
The "Great Recession" ended in June 2009 by most accounts. Yet many Northeast Ohio communities battle its effects today. For most municipalities, how the needle reads on their "recovery gauge" depends in large part on income tax revenue — the primary cash source for streets, police and other city services. This summer, Patch requested income tax data from 18 Northeast Ohio communities to see where the needle stands on their recovery gauge. Patch intern Nicole Stempak spent seven weeks culling the data and conducting interviews with finance directors, mayors and economic development directors. Her goal was to try and determine the health of your Patch town's economy three years out of the Great Recession. Some are college towns. Others are …
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Bob Beck
3:25 pm on Thursday, August 30, 2012
Winston, the Federal Reserve Bank does NOT print money; it simply distributes the money according to its policy of economic stability and the various strategies is uses to implement that plan. . RE: the sky is falling...have you built a survival outpost out in the wild and be living off the land... soon? more ›