The Arch City Report

Startling Data on Metro East 

St. Louis Business Journal Season 1 Episode 9

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The St. Louis-area counties west of the Mississippi might be the engine driving Missouri’s economy, but its Metro East counterparts can’t say the same in Illinois. Its economic output, data show, relies heavily on one major employer fraught with instability.