Business Activity in South Carolina's District

The Federal Reserve's Beige Book report said the 5th district's economic activity was sluggish; this district includes North & South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, D.C, and a significant portion of West Virginia.

As we all know the real estate and retail markets are slow but the report claimed that manufacturing and agriculture where looking fairly strong as the service industry remained stable to some growth except for financial services due to consumers' hesitance about the future.

The manufacturing industry showed positive results due to the fact that our products have become cheaper to foreign countries. The decline of our dollar has prompted countries to import more of our products increasing their demand abroad. Unfortunately this is not the case domestically; buyers have tightened their pockets and may possibly continue to do so with gas prices nearing and exceeding $4 a gallon.

For the full report visit the Federal Reserve's Fifth District report including Litchfield South Carolina.

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