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Dixon Hughes Goodman Triad Business Index Table of Contents

    1. Introduction
    2. Tracking the Triad Economy
    3. Triad Business Index
    4. National Economic Indicators
    5. Monetary Indicators
    6. Unemployment Rate
    7. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance
    8. Total Employment
    9. Goods-Producing Employment
    10. Service-Providing Employment
    11. Residential Building Permits
    12. PTIA Air-Cargo Shipments
    13. MSA Employment Growth
    14. Number and Prices of Existing Homes Sold
    15. Housing Summary
    16. Table 1: Triad Economic Indicators
    17. Table 2: North Carolina Metro Indicators
    18. Table 3: Triad Business Index Historical Values
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    1. Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
    2. Center for Business and Economic Research
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Residential Building Permits
(inflation-adjusted, normalized scale)

Residential building permits in the Triad, which reflect planned construction, slipped 5.5% this month.  Over the past 12 months, the pace of planned residential building has decline 8.0%.  At the national level, permits slipped 0.2% in March but are up 26.4% over the past 12 months. 

Construction employment in the Triad is down 12.9% over the past year and was lower by 2.9% this month.



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