Export Galore, That is, U.S. Metropolitan Areas

How U.S. metropolitan areas are driving national growth. That's according to the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings.

Snippet of findings:

• U.S. exports grew rapidly in the first year of the nation's economic recovery (as shown).
• Large metro areas powered the nation's export growth.
• The Great Recession accelerated the shift of U.S. exports toward developing countries.
• Manufacturing drove the export resurgence in 2010.
• High-value-added service exports witnessed uninterrupted growth through the recession and recovery.

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Illustration credit:  Export Nation 2012