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Overview

The Tampa Bay E-Insights report examines the economic performance of the Tampa Bay region relative to 19 other comparable Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Since 2017, USF researchers have released five E-Insights reports. The first was a study of economic competitiveness of the Tampa Bay region. Later inquiries expanded the analysis to include economic growth, the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and racial differences. Researchers evaluated the impact of the pandemic on each of these areas — housing affordability, education, health care, talent availability and their salaries. Last year’s E-Insights report examined the state of work and state of life in the Tampa Bay region relative to 19 comparable MSAs.

This year, the E-I