While there is clear evidence that economic conditions in most metro areas across the U.S. have deteriorated sharply over the past year, the Dallas-Fort Worth economy has fared better than most, so far. This view is based on the fact that, over the past year, the rate of job growth in the “Big D” (+1.6%) has been faster than all but two of the fifty largest metro areas in the country and well above the national average. The other two strong employment-growth cities are also in Texas − Houston (+2.1% year over year) and San Antonio (+2.0%).