Denver ranks 36th among the nation’s 100 largest metro areas in the strength of its recovery from the economic downturn.
The Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program’s “MetroMonitor” index of economic recovery compared the 100 cities on how far they have recovered from their lowest recession-period in employment, unemployment, economic output, and home prices.
Brookings ranks Denver 12th in the recovery of its home prices, which have increased 2.7 percent since their low point in the second quarter of 2011.
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