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Regional jobs slip as goods fall, services rise in Beckley area
Across 10 counties around Beckley from April 1997 to April 1998, total nonfarm employment rose by 8 800 with service-producing jobs up 9 500 offsetting a goods-producing decline of 700. The region’s unemployment eased to 7.8 percent from 8.2. County figures show Fayette Greenbrier McDowell Mercer Monroe Nicholas Pocahontas Raleigh Summers and Wyoming posting varied losses and gains in goods and services.
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State Office of Labor and Economic Research
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