The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia cited ESI research on the the report,”Fiscal stress in the small Postindustrial City: Causes, Consequences, and Implications For Community Development.” This report was written to draw attention to the fiscal difficulties faced by many of the postindustrial cities in the Third Federal Reserve District and elsewhere. Where possible, the report places these cities’ challenges into context with other cities and sheds light on the historical and contemporary causes of their fiscal conditions. The Federal Reserve cited ESI demographic research on six cities between 1950 and 2010.
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