Cities Outlook 2012 identifies the cities where glimmers of economic growth are likely to be evident, and those that are vulnerable to further economic stagnation.

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Cities Outlook 2012 focuses in particular on the nature of unemployment in different cities, distinguishing between those cities that have been hit hard by the impact of the recession, and those that are struggling with the challenges of long term and youth unemployment.  The different composition of unemployment in different cities means that a nuanced, flexible and place-based policy approach is needed.

Further city-by-city data is available on the Cities Outlook data app: www.citiesoutlook.org

To further information or to request a hardcopy of the report, please contact Rita Beden. We're also happy to supply high resolution images of any of the charts, maps or tables in this publication.

For any media enquiries, please contact Rachel Tooby.

Cities Outlook 2012 is supported by IBM and the Local Government Association.