In the most recent Midwest #Economy Blog, learn how city governments are prioritizing different uses for federal Covid relief funds. In the piece, Rick Mattoon and Emma LaGuardia show that Chicago and Detroit have allocated much of their funding to labor force recovery and blight remediation, respectively. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OSQlLV | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

The American Midwest once dominated the auto industry before rising global trade and automation sent domestic manufacturing employment into a tailspin. U.S. leaders hope that new laws such as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will help businesses create the green manufacturing jobs of the future. | CNBC