State Quarterly Economic Developments: South Carolina

摘要

The report is one in a set of reports on current economic developments in each state and the District of Columbia; it is published four times a year. It contains economic data from a variety of public and private sources. It examines a number of key economic indicators--personal income, labor force data, commercial bank loans, construction contracts, retail sales, consumer price index data, business incorporations and business failures--for the quarter ending four months prior to the publication date. The report highlights percent changes in the key economic indicators between the current quarter and the corresponding quarter one year earlier and compares percent changes for each state with the corresponding changes for the nation in order to assess the extent to which each state participates in national economic developments. The report sheds light on the size of consumer and industrial markets, changes in the price level, the number of persons working or looking for work, and the future level of building activity.