Vol. 25 No. 2, February 2005
Index
- Looking back to see ahead.
- Trend.
- Look both ways: a famous forecaster and a top policy adviser discuss where the economy has been and where it's going.
- Service station: as manufacturing continues to wane, the service sector has made a home for itself in the top tier of employers.
- Some small farmers will take their leave.
- Interest in new banks is running higher than usual.
- Conditions put it together for builders.
- Scant money and lost jobs do not compute.
- Crisis has not passed for medical providers.
- Practices make perfect targets for regulators.
- Money proves to be real pill for industry.
- State can't manufacture the kinds of jobs it loses.
- Recovery lets shoppers lap up some luxury items.
- Carriers keep going by plying in traffic.
- School rule will make late summer less of a bummer.
- Utility players go back to what they're best at.
- Breaking it down: North Carolina's economy is made up of many parts. Here's a statistical summary of how they've fared.