=Predictability /stability of Houston's economy= File listing Metro area GDP for Houston, DFW, Chicago, New York, and LA metro areas located in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem\Houston stability measurements. *Standard deviation of monthly GDP for the last 16 years calculated for each metro area.
File listing Metro area GDP for Houston, DFW, Chicago, New York, and LA metro areas located in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem\Houston stability measurements. To measure differences in economic stability between these cities, I calculated the standard deviation of each city's GDP for the last 16 years.
Also in E:\McNair\Projects\Innovation Districts\Houston Startup Ecosystem\Houston is "employment stability measures", which shows the variation in employment data since 1990 for the metro areas Houston, DFW, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
*Standard deviation of monthly employment totals, and monthly unemployment rates for the past 27 years calculated for each metro area
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