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iT Look at Business Across tile Country
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<br /> FIcfory
<br /> Nonfirm Income of I~ome Activity
<br /> ~ ~ ~/~.~ Employment Average Compared Compir~
<br /> Unemployment Compare~ With t ~ctory WJlh I With I
<br /> RBle A Year Ago Worker* Year Ago Year Ago'"
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<br />_ . , Up 9.~% S~B,74~ up 3.7% Up 22.6%
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<br />Boston._ _~.~ Up 6.5% $19:5331 tip 60%1 Up 11.7%
<br />Bridgeport 6.0% Up 3.5% :$21,780 up 3.2% up 14.6%
<br />~uf!al~ ........ 7.5% Up 2.4% $26,356~ up 4.7%~ up 103%
<br />ByH~g~o~_~: ..... 3.8% up._~??o $20,630 ~ up 5.2%~ up
<br />~[!eston, s.~:_ 5.0% Up 5.8% $21,305 up 14.2% up 2.5%
<br />~ha~ieston, W. Va. __ 1~.6% Up 1.0% $27,535 Up 4.1% Down 2 9%
<br />~ha_[~O. tle, N,C. 5.6% Up 0.2% $~4,702 Up 1.0% Up 5.55~
<br />G?~nsboro, N.C. 577~ Up 2 1% $16,248 Up 7.5% Up 5.0%
<br />Harlford 5.2% Up 1.6% $21,960 Up 2.6% Up 9.0%
<br />J)~o~.il~e 5.9% ~gp~.4% $16,270 ~wn 2.9% Up 162%
<br />~enchesler, N.H. ~% Up 5.2% $16,497 Up 8.9% Up 19_4%
<br />Mi~__ 6.8% Up 28% $14,049 Up 60% Up 5.7%
<br />Newark 6.9% Up 2.9% $20,858 Up 4.8% Up 16.9%
<br />New ~ork 8.6% Up 1.7% $17,024 Up. 6.4% Up 3.7%
<br />~d~.l~_ 5.0% Up 5.0% $19,660W Up 0.5% ~ Up 10.1%
<br />Philadelphia 6.6% Up 2.4% $20,678 Up 3.9% Up 6.0%
<br />~itlsburgh 11.5% ~wn 0.2% $22,775 ~wn 2.7% Up 2.2%
<br />Portland, Me. 3.7% Up 5.8% $17,219 Up 10.9% Up 16.7%
<br />Providence area 5.4% Up 1.6% $15,822 NC Up 9.0%
<br />Richmond 4.5% Up 1.8% $22,843 Up 1.9% Up 13.1%
<br />~ochester 5.3% Up 2.8% $26,383 Up 7.4% Up 16.0%
<br />Savannah 7.1% Up 4.3% $21,978 Up 5.9% Up 10.0%
<br />~_~m~-st. Petersburg 5.0% Up 5.0% $16,290 ~wn 0.3% Up 7.6%
<br />Washington, D.C., area 4.0% Up 4.8% $20,176 Up 3.5% Up 11.9%
<br />Wilminglon, Del. 7.4% Up 5.2% $23,346 Up 0.9% Up 9.7%
<br />Birmingham 9,5% Up 2.2% $17,048 , NC Up 0.5%
<br />Chicago 8.1% Up 2.6% $2t,254 Up 1.6% Up 2.4%
<br />Cincinnati 7.6%1 Up 4.0% $22,438 Up 0.1% Up 1.1%
<br />Cleveland 8.3% Up 1.3% $24,083 Up 1.5% Up 2.6%
<br />~lumbus 6.9% Up 4.2% $21,792 NC Up 9.4%
<br />Dallas-Fo~ Wo~h 4.5% Up 3.2% $19,100 Up 6.6% Up 3.2%
<br />~s Molnes 7.1% Up 1.2% $23,693 Up 2.3% Up 13.7%
<br />~etrolt 9.5%e Up 3.3% $29,516 Up 2.8% Up 14.5%
<br />Fargo 5.1% Up 3.6% $15,866 ~wn 1.6% Up 13.6%
<br />Grand Rapids 10.0% e Up 1.8% $22,357 ~wn 1.1% Up 2.5%
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<br />Nolo Oty-by.c~l)' I~u~es are based on oll~al ~e~s I~ Fe~ua~. ~lesl ava~a~ Most s~hst~ are I~ ~n ~S 'Facl~ ~s' w~kly earths al
<br />an~a~ rates ' "Based on numar ol w~ke~s ~ ~str~, N~o ~ lJa~ ~ta ~r ~
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