Meet the Author  Mark E. Schweitzer |  Senior Vice President and
Director of Research  Mark E. Schweitzer  Mark Schweitzer leads
the Bank's Research Department, setting the direction for
economic research, selecting and developing staff, and briefing
the Bank president prior to meetings of the Federal Open Market
Committee of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Schweitzer’s own
research has focused on the macroeconomic impact of labor market
developments and the identification of factors contributing to
regional economic growth.   Read full bio   Economic Commentary
A Closer Look at Cleveland's Latest Poverty Ranking  Mark
Schweitzer and Brian Rudick  News that Cleveland’s poverty rate
is the worst in the nation--and rising--has elevated the
community’s concern about conditions in the city. But a closer
look at the way poverty rates are calculated suggests that all
the possible causes of Cleveland’s ranking have not been fully
understood.  Cleveland is the poorest big city in the United
States, according to the