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Article: South Carolina picks up a step on its big brother.
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- Business North Carolina
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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Jim Kleckley is associate director for planning and institutional research at East Carolina University. He's also chief forecaster and editor of Outlook North Carolina and Outlook South Carolina quarterly economic reports. He says the Tar Heel State's little brother down under is beating it in economic growth and will keep doing so for at least the next year.
BNC: So North Carolina isn't the strongest economy in the Southeast?
Kleckley: Our real personal income has been below the national average in '98 and '99. I think that might be the effect of hurricanes, especially Floyd. South Carolina's real personal income is growing faster than ours. And real ...