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August 7, 2020

For more information on the regional economy, see our latest report on the Fifth District and our economic indicator charts.

        Month,United States,Fifth District,District of Columbia,Maryland,North Carolina,South Carolina,Virginia,West Virginia
2010-06-01, -0.4,  0.1, 2.4,  0.1, -0.6,  0.3, 0.2,  0.2
2010-07-01, -0.2,  0.4, 1.9,  0.4, -0.2,  0.7, 0.6,  1.1
2010-08-01,  0.0,  0.4, 0.4,  0.4,  0.0,  0.9, 0.5,  0.9
2010-09-01,  0.1,  0.6, 2.4,  0.6, -0.1,  1.0, 0.7,  1.2
2010-10-01,  0.4,  1.1, 2.0,  0.9,  0.9,  1.3, 1.0,  1.6
2010-11-01,  0.5,  1.1, 1.8,  0.9,  1.0,  1.3, 1.0,  1.5
2010-12-01,  0.8,  1.3, 1.8,  1.2,  1.1,  1.8, 1.1,  1.0
2011-01-01,  0.8,  1.3, 2.3,  1.2,  1.0,  1.3, 1.6,  1.0
2011-02-01,  1.0,  2.1, 3.0,  2.7,  1.6,  1.6, 2.3,  1.6
2011-03-01,  1.1,  1.6, 2.4,  1.4,  1.5,  1.7, 1.9,  0.9
2011-04-01,  1.1,  1.3, 2.0,  0.9,  1.3,  1.4, 1.3,  1.3
2011-05-01,  0.8,  0.7, 1.4,  0.5,  0.8,  0.7, 0.6, -0.5
2011-06-01,  1.1,  0.8, 1.4,  0.5,  1.2,  1.0, 0.6,  0.2
2011-07-01,  1.2,  1.0, 1.4,  1.1,  1.3,  1.0, 0.8,  0.4
2011-08-01,  1.3,  1.1, 2.6,  0.8,  1.3,  1.0, 0.9,  0.7
2011-09-01,  1.5,  1.5, 2.3,  1.0,  1.6,  1.3, 1.6,  1.7
2011-10-01,  1.5,  1.1, 1.5,  0.9,  1.0,  1.0, 1.2,  1.5
2011-11-01,  1.5,  1.2, 1.4,  0.9,  1.2,  1.2, 1.3,  1.8
2011-12-01,  1.6,  1.3, 1.5,  1.0,  1.3,  1.1, 1.3,  2.2
2012-01-01,  1.8,  1.6, 1.0,  1.3,  1.9,  2.0, 1.3,  2.6
2012-02-01,  1.9,  1.4, 0.9,  1.2,  1.5,  1.7, 1.3,  2.3
2012-03-01,  1.9,  1.5, 1.0,  1.3,  1.7,  1.8, 1.3,  2.4
2012-04-01,  1.7,  1.3, 0.4,  1.1,  1.6,  1.4, 1.1,  1.9
2012-05-01,  1.7,  1.5, 1.2,  1.1,  1.8,  1.4, 1.1,  3.0
2012-06-01,  1.6,  1.3, 0.6,  1.2,  1.4,  1.7, 1.2,  1.4
2012-07-01,  1.6,  1.0, 0.1,  0.8,  1.4,  1.4, 0.7,  1.0
2012-08-01,  1.7,  1.3, 0.6,  1.2,  1.6,  1.6, 1.1,  0.7
2012-09-01,  1.6,  1.3, 0.5,  1.3,  1.7,  1.7, 0.9,  0.7
2012-10-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.5,  1.2,  2.0,  1.9, 1.3,  0.4
2012-11-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.6,  1.2,  2.1,  2.2, 1.2, -0.2
2012-12-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.5,  1.2,  2.0,  2.1, 1.3, -0.3
2013-01-01,  1.5,  1.3, 1.3,  1.1,  1.7,  1.7, 1.1, -0.2
2013-02-01,  1.5,  1.3, 1.4,  1.1,  1.8,  1.6, 1.1, -0.3
2013-03-01,  1.4,  1.2, 1.2,  0.9,  1.7,  1.4, 1.0, -0.5
2013-04-01,  1.5,  1.3, 2.1,  1.0,  1.7,  1.7, 0.9, -0.5
2013-05-01,  1.6,  1.1, 1.4,  1.1,  1.5,  1.8, 0.9, -1.6
2013-06-01,  1.7,  1.3, 1.5,  1.1,  1.7,  1.9, 0.8,  0.2
2013-07-01,  1.7,  1.4, 1.8,  1.1,  1.8,  2.1, 1.0,  0.2
2013-08-01,  1.7,  1.3, 1.7,  1.0,  1.8,  2.1, 0.8,  0.3
2013-09-01,  1.7,  1.2, 1.8,  0.8,  1.9,  2.3, 0.5, -0.5
2013-10-01,  1.8,  1.1, 0.9,  0.6,  1.9,  2.4, 0.1, -0.4
2013-11-01,  1.8,  1.1, 1.2,  0.9,  1.9,  2.1, 0.3,  0.0
2013-12-01,  1.7,  1.0, 1.2,  0.5,  1.9,  2.4, 0.1, -0.3
2014-01-01,  1.7,  0.9, 0.4,  0.4,  1.8,  2.4, 0.0, -0.7
2014-02-01,  1.6,  0.6, 0.4,  0.3,  1.3,  2.1,-0.2, -1.0
2014-03-01,  1.7,  0.9, 0.5,  0.3,  1.7,  2.7,-0.1, -0.8
2014-04-01,  1.8,  1.3, 0.2,  0.7,  2.0,  2.8, 0.5, -0.4
2014-05-01,  1.8,  1.5, 0.1,  0.9,  2.2,  2.9, 0.8,  1.0
2014-06-01,  1.9,  1.4, 1.1,  0.8,  2.3,  2.7, 0.8, -1.5
2014-07-01,  2.0,  1.3, 0.9,  0.7,  2.3,  2.4, 0.7, -1.0
2014-08-01,  1.9,  1.4, 0.8,  1.1,  2.2,  2.5, 0.8, -0.6
2014-09-01,  2.0,  1.4, 0.6,  1.2,  2.1,  2.6, 0.7,  0.1
2014-10-01,  2.0,  1.5, 1.1,  1.3,  2.2,  2.7, 0.8,  0.3
2014-11-01,  2.0,  1.6, 0.9,  1.2,  2.3,  3.0, 0.7,  0.2
2014-12-01,  2.2,  1.7, 0.9,  1.5,  2.3,  3.0, 1.0,  0.3
2015-01-01,  2.2,  1.9, 2.2,  1.4,  2.5,  2.8, 1.3,  0.3
2015-02-01,  2.3,  2.2, 2.2,  1.6,  3.1,  3.2, 1.5,  0.4
2015-03-01,  2.1,  1.7, 2.0,  1.3,  2.3,  2.6, 1.2, -0.2
2015-04-01,  2.1,  1.6, 1.5,  1.3,  2.0,  2.3, 1.3, -0.4
2015-05-01,  2.2,  1.8, 2.2,  1.6,  2.3,  2.6, 1.5, -1.7
2015-06-01,  2.1,  1.9, 1.6,  1.4,  2.4,  2.8, 1.7,  0.7
2015-07-01,  2.1,  2.2, 2.2,  1.7,  2.4,  3.1, 2.2, -0.1
2015-08-01,  2.1,  2.2, 2.2,  1.5,  2.4,  3.1, 2.4, -0.4
2015-09-01,  1.9,  2.1, 1.8,  1.4,  2.5,  2.9, 2.5, -1.0
2015-10-01,  2.0,  2.3, 2.2,  1.6,  2.4,  3.0, 2.8, -1.2
2015-11-01,  1.9,  2.2, 2.3,  1.6,  2.4,  2.7, 2.8, -1.1
2015-12-01,  1.9,  2.3, 2.6,  1.7,  2.5,  2.8, 2.8, -0.9
2016-01-01,  1.9,  2.0, 1.9,  1.6,  2.4,  2.6, 2.1, -1.4
2016-02-01,  1.8,  2.0, 2.1,  1.3,  2.4,  2.7, 2.2, -1.4
2016-03-01,  2.0,  2.3, 2.2,  1.7,  2.7,  2.7, 2.5, -0.8
2016-04-01,  1.9,  2.2, 2.6,  1.5,  2.8,  3.0, 2.0, -1.1
2016-05-01,  1.7,  1.8, 2.2,  0.9,  2.4,  2.6, 1.5, -0.5
2016-06-01,  1.7,  1.6, 2.0,  1.0,  2.4,  2.4, 1.5, -1.9
2016-07-01,  1.8,  1.6, 1.5,  1.1,  2.4,  2.6, 1.1, -1.6
2016-08-01,  1.8,  1.5, 1.5,  1.1,  2.3,  2.4, 1.1, -1.6
2016-09-01,  1.9,  1.6, 1.6,  1.4,  2.3,  2.5, 1.1, -1.4
2016-10-01,  1.7,  1.3, 1.2,  1.1,  2.0,  1.8, 0.8, -1.6
2016-11-01,  1.7,  1.4, 1.3,  1.2,  2.1,  2.1, 0.9, -0.2
2016-12-01,  1.6,  1.3, 1.1,  1.1,  2.0,  2.0, 0.8, -1.4
2017-01-01,  1.7,  1.5, 1.2,  1.2,  2.0,  2.3, 1.2, -0.7
2017-02-01,  1.7,  1.5, 0.8,  1.4,  1.9,  2.1, 1.2, -0.4
2017-03-01,  1.6,  1.4, 1.2,  1.3,  1.8,  2.3, 1.1, -0.5
2017-04-01,  1.6,  1.2, 0.7,  1.0,  1.5,  1.9, 1.1, -0.7
2017-05-01,  1.7,  1.3, 0.9,  1.2,  1.5,  1.9, 1.2, -1.4
2017-06-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.1,  1.4,  1.7,  2.2, 1.3,  0.3
2017-07-01,  1.5,  1.4, 0.9,  1.1,  1.6,  1.9, 1.2,  0.3
2017-08-01,  1.6,  1.3, 0.9,  1.0,  1.7,  1.7, 1.0,  0.3
2017-09-01,  1.4,  1.1, 0.9,  0.8,  1.5,  1.3, 1.0,  0.3
2017-10-01,  1.5,  1.4, 1.0,  0.9,  1.7,  2.2, 1.1,  0.6
2017-11-01,  1.5,  1.1, 0.8,  0.8,  1.5,  1.9, 0.9, -0.9
2017-12-01,  1.5,  1.2, 0.7,  0.6,  1.5,  1.9, 1.1,  0.2
2018-01-01,  1.4,  1.5, 1.1,  0.7,  1.7,  2.8, 1.3,  0.5
2018-02-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.3,  0.9,  1.7,  2.8, 1.3,  0.5
2018-03-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.0,  1.0,  1.9,  2.6, 1.3,  0.4
2018-04-01,  1.5,  1.7, 1.3,  0.9,  2.0,  3.1, 1.3,  1.1
2018-05-01,  1.6,  1.8, 1.1,  0.9,  2.1,  3.0, 1.4,  2.4
2018-06-01,  1.6,  1.7, 1.2,  0.9,  2.0,  3.0, 1.3,  1.7
2018-07-01,  1.6,  1.7, 1.1,  1.2,  2.0,  2.7, 1.4,  2.0
2018-08-01,  1.6,  1.7, 1.2,  1.1,  2.0,  3.0, 1.3,  2.1
2018-09-01,  1.6,  1.4, 1.0,  0.9,  1.3,  2.8, 1.2,  1.9
2018-10-01,  1.6,  1.6, 1.0,  0.9,  1.9,  2.7, 1.3,  1.8
2018-11-01,  1.5,  1.7, 1.0,  0.9,  2.0,  2.7, 1.5,  1.5
2018-12-01,  1.6,  1.5, 0.8,  1.0,  1.7,  2.6, 1.2,  1.3
2019-01-01,  1.7,  1.6, 0.5,  1.1,  2.4,  1.7, 1.3,  0.8
2019-02-01,  1.4,  1.4, 0.7,  0.8,  2.1,  1.5, 1.2,  0.5
2019-03-01,  1.4,  1.3, 0.6,  0.8,  2.0,  1.5, 1.2,  0.4
2019-04-01,  1.4,  1.3, 0.5,  0.8,  2.1,  1.3, 1.2,  0.2
2019-05-01,  1.3,  1.2, 0.5,  0.8,  1.9,  1.4, 1.1, -1.3
2019-06-01,  1.3,  1.2, 0.6,  0.5,  1.9,  1.2, 1.2, -0.7
2019-07-01,  1.3,  1.1, 0.8,  0.4,  1.8,  1.6, 1.1, -1.3
2019-08-01,  1.3,  1.1, 0.6,  0.3,  1.8,  1.7, 1.2, -1.2
2019-09-01,  1.4,  1.3, 0.7,  0.4,  2.3,  2.1, 1.2, -1.7
2019-10-01,  1.3,  1.0, 0.7,  0.3,  1.5,  1.7, 1.0, -1.6
2019-11-01,  1.4,  1.2, 1.2,  0.5,  1.6,  1.8, 1.4, -1.6
2019-12-01,  1.4,  1.3, 1.0,  0.9,  1.7,  1.8, 1.5, -1.7
2020-01-01,  1.4,  1.1, 1.1,  1.0,  1.1,  1.9, 1.3, -1.3
2020-02-01,  1.6,  1.2, 1.0,  1.0,  1.2,  2.0, 1.4, -1.7
2020-03-01,  0.5,  0.3, 0.6, -0.1,  0.2,  1.1, 0.5, -1.8
2020-04-01,-13.4,-11.5,-7.3,-13.0,-12.4,-11.8,-9.6,-14.6
2020-05-01,-11.7,-10.3,-8.2,-12.0,-11.1, -9.0,-9.0,-12.6
2020-06-01, -8.6, -7.6,-7.3, -9.5, -7.4, -5.8,-7.6, -7.8

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