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Sept.11 and the economy.(Viewpoint)

Crain's New York Business, September, 2006

Five years after the terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center, the New York economy is about to achieve a milestone. Within months, the number of jobs in the city should reach the record levels of 2000. It's an appropriate time to consider how this remarkable recovery occurred.

The place to begin is by correcting a historical myth. The attacks were not the primary cause of the recession that gripped the city for three years and eliminated 191,000 jobs. According to economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who have done the most judicious analysis of the economic impact of Sept. 11, the attack itself cost about 62,000 jobs, virtually all of which had been recovered by the end of 2002 as companies returned to the city. The downturn...

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