Cincinnati’s Manufacturing Growth Leads State, U.S. Averages

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has also released its latest Metro Mix report for Cincinnati. At 3.6% as of April, Cincinnati’s unemployment rate was 0.4% lower compared to a year earlier. Manufacturing has been a top performing sector in the metro for several months, with 2.8% employment growth year-over-year. From December 2017 through December 2018, manufacturers in and around Cincinnati added more than 3,270 jobs, while outpacing the statewide and U.S. economic growth averages for the sector. 8/6/2019