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Hampden County Resilience: Thriving Despite Manufacturing Decline
Hampden County has experienced decline in its manufacturing sector, a former backbone of its economy. However, the county has still experienced this in spite of this, showing growth in new sectors.
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Pioneer Report Highlights Employment Growth in Lowell, Massachusetts
In 2018, employment in Lowell, Massachusetts finally surpassed its pre-Great Recession peak, according to a new report from Pioneer Institute that draws data from the MassEconomix web tool. Before COVID-19, job growth in the city was driven largely by a resurgence in manufacturing and a continued high concentration of healthcare firms.
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Economic Revitalization and Reinvention in Lowell, 1998-2018
In “Economic Revitalization and Reinvention in Lowell, 1998-2018,”…
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Broad Industry Sector Trends in Massachusetts, 1998-2018: A MassEconomix Report
Service-based industries have significantly outperformed manufacturing and other traditional blue-collar economic sectors in Massachusetts since 2008, according to a new report from Pioneer Institute that draws on data from the MassEconomix web tool.