Economic Trends

We have highlighted several facets of the economy in the Greater Baltimore area that show the area’s determination to thrive.  Despite the recent economic downturn, the Greater Baltimore area does better in many areas than the national average.

Economic indicators are a generally agreed-upon set of measures that have historically been able to predict larger movements in the economy.  Personal income, employment, and the gross value of products are just a few of the variables monitored by economists.  Relatively little MSA-level data is available for multiple years because the MSA-level measurement is fairly recent, but several available measures are tracked here over the past ten years.