It took until 2018 for Milwaukee County’s economy to reach pre-recession levels

Milwaukee County’s real GDP grew 1.9% in 2018, the strongest year of growth since 2011 and enough to finally put the county’s economy ahead of its 2007 peak, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The BEA released prototype county-level GDP data for a few years in 2018 and on Thursday … Continue reading It took until 2018 for Milwaukee County’s economy to reach pre-recession levels