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Latest WNC Numbers

..WNC Economic Index
..down 0.6% in Sept

..WNC Employment
..down 0.53% in Sept

..WNC Unemployment Rate
..up 0.5 pts to 12.2% in Sept

..Asheville Unemployment Rate
..up 0.3 pts to 9.3% in Sept

..Hickory Unemployment Rate
..up 0.5 pts to 15.1% in Sept

..Rural WNC Unemployment Rate
..up 0.6 pts to 12.5% in Sept

..WNC Initial Claims
..down 9.2% in Sept

.....data is seasonally adjusted

Western North Carolina Economic Index

 

Report for September 2009

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Western North Carolina economic activity, as measured by the Western North Carolina Economic Index, fell 0.6 percent in September 2009. The index, which tracks the level of economic activity in 25 western North Carolina counties, registered 98.4 in September.  After making gains in the second quarter, the regional economy contracted in the third quarter.