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• Position: Economic indicators

TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,698.5 3,711.5 Civilian labor force 3,952.6 3,955.3 Manufacturing employment 696.0 697.2 Service-producing employment 2,997.0 3,001.0 Government employment 663.9 666.6 Total unemployed 254.1 243.8 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.7 40.4 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.78 $13.66 RETAIL SALES (selected cities $000s) (2) Asheville 209,686.6 223,813.7 Cary 170,645.1 154,723.6 Charlotte 1,099,701.1 1,007,550.3 Durham 322,529.1 316,820.4 Fayetteville 200,869.6 199,051.5 Gastonia 117,982.1 114,401.7 Greensboro 494,140.0 465,202.4 Greenville 112,793.1 118,661.8 Hickory 132,401.5 131,689.7 High Point 130,484.5 136,603.1 Raleigh 645,837.3 585,489.8 Wilmington 243,420.7 205,001.0 Winston-Salem 381,649.8 358,030.0 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 17,871 18,188 Charlotte * 943,943 896,015 Fayetteville 11,406 10,952 Greensboro 107,185 104,380 Greenville 3,762 3,667 New Bern 6,400 6,141 Raleigh/Durham 352,328 323,578 Wilmington 18,522 17,288 OTHER INDICATORS Farm Index/all products (1967 = 248 241 100) (5) Farm Index/all crops (1967 = 100) 269 257 Farm Index/livestock (1967= 100) 211 212 Gallons of gasoline sold (000s) (6) 447,902.4 421,558.3 Total phone access lines (7) 4,681,772 4,669,068 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,753.3 (1.5) Civilian labor force 4,014.8 (1.5) Manufacturing employment 714.0 (2.5) Service-producing employment 2,977.8 0.6 Government employment 649.2 2.3 Total unemployed 261.5 (2.8) Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.3 1.0 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.07 5.4 RETAIL SALES (selected...