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• Position: Economic conditions

Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,927.9 3,907.7 Civilian labor force 4,184.2 4,176.8 Manufacturing employment 615.6 616.4 Service-providing employment 3,024.5 3,006.1 Government employment 671.2 674.2 Total unemployed 256.3 269.1 Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 39.6 39.3 Avg. hourly production wage $13.52 $13.59 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 179,098.1 185,870.5 Cary 161,799.5 151,701.9 Charlotte 954,781.0 983,036.3 Durham 313,574.9 345,906.5 Fayetteville 198,870.7 192,181.3 Gastonia 110,456.7 114,346.5 Greensboro 444,637.6 494,846.6 Greenville 111,161.1 114,328.5 Hickory 137,053.7 120,202.0 High Point 99,702.8 122,380.5 Raleigh 588,882.2 593,825.0 Wilmington 190,710.3 186,974.9 Winston-Salem 329,953.3 318,803.2 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 17,934 15,146 Charlotte * 1,012,347 950,213 Fayetteville 9,647 8,749 Greensboro 107,248 109,100 Greenville 3,175 2,619 New Bern 6,499 4,974 Raleigh/Durham 345,973 314,437 Wilmington 18,227 16,595 OTHER INDICATORS Farm index/all products (1967 = 100) (5) 255 252 Farm index/all crops (1967 = 100) 273 271 Farm Index/livestock (1967 = 100) 221 219 Gallons of gasoline sold (000s) (6) 424,601.9 383,405.3 Total phone access lines (7) 4,591,618 4,611,600 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,894.1 0.9 Civilian labor force 4,179.2 0.1 Manufacturing employment 646.1 (4.7) Service-providing employment 2,993.2 1.0 Government employment 647.6 3.6 Total unemployed 285.1 (10.1) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 40.3 (1.7) Avg. hourly production wage $13.22 $2.3 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 187,771.0 (4.6) Cary 141,614.8 14.30 Charlotte 995,143.4 (4.1) Durham 282,279.6 11.1 Fayetteville 197,802.1 0.5 Gastonia 109,787.8 0.6 Greensboro 431,073.4 3.1 Greenville...