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Defense cuts foreseen
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Textile industry recovers
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Choosing between an adjustable rate and a fixed rate mortgage
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The competitiveness of rural county manufacturing during a period of dollar appreciation
Some observers contend that manufacturing activity in rural areas has been more adversely affected than in urban areas by foreign competition. It is true, of course, that the economies of some rural areas have been devastated by closing of key manufacturing plants. Even if plant closings were distributed randomly among rural and urban areas, however, some rural areas (as well as some urban areas) would suffer greatly because of their "company town" character. We found little empirical support in the literature for the claim that rural areas on average suffered disproportionately from ...
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Economic growth expected to continue at slower pace in 1989
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New survey monitors district manufacturing activity
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Fifth district indexes of manufacturing output
The absence of timely data on regional manufacturing output makes it difficult to determine what is happening in the manufacturing sector in a particular area. Data comparable to the monthly indexes of U.S. manufacturing output are not generally available for individual states or for specific regions of the country. Although annual surveys of manufacturers provide measures of output by state and industry, these data are published after a lag of more than a year.
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Manufacturers post gains in the fifth district
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District business closings run below national rate
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Exporters vs. nonexporters: a follow-up study