Brookings ranked the Pittsburgh region as the eighth-strongest economy

The Washington, D.C. think tank, The Brookings Institution, shed a positive light on the local economy as well this week. Brookings ranked the Pittsburgh region as the eighth-strongest economy among 100 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas based on its strength through the recession.

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/Programs/Metro/metro_monitor/metro_profiles/pittsburgh_pa_metro_profile.pdf