The most productive US cities have pulled further ahead of the pack since 1995? | McKinsey Global | Report

- Structural shifts, including the movement from a manufacturing-based to a services-based economy, have also led to a growing geographic dispersion of productivity levels, seen strikinglyacross major US cities (Exhibit 8). - Over the past several decades, some have seen relatively modest productivity growth, including those in the historical Rust Belt. On the other end of the spectrum, cities with deep knowledge…