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US dollar which is gradually losing its stature as a global reserve currency, a status
acquired after the Second World War.
6.2. Economic growth
Over the long term, economic growth, measured in terms of job creation,
covered virtually the entire US territory, but with volumes and intensities that
differed among cities and regions (see Figure 6.1).
Relative Emplyment Growth
% employment 1970
0
50
0 km
-9 - 35
35 - 70
70 - 105
105 - 140
140 - 210
210 - 432
Absolute Employment
(MSA) Growth
3,100,000
1,550,000
310,000
Method: Quartic Kernel density
smoothing in a flexible bandwidth
of the 30 nearest counties
National avg. change +70%
Source: US Census Bureau
Designed and made by JM Zaninetti, University of Orleans, CEDETE Institute
Figure 6.1.
Employment growth between 1970 and 2000
140%
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
West
South
Heartland
Megalopolis
Figure 6.2.
Secondary and tertiary employment creation between 1970 and 2000, by region
