Region sees boom in manufacturing

A steady four-year climb in heavy industry economic output has propelled the region’s above-average growth.

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In inflation-adjusted 2009 dollars

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// activate the button $('#a').click(function () { var chart = $('#container').highcharts();

chart.addSeries({ name: 'Manufacturing', data: [1039, 1056, 1050, 1153, 1151, 1156, 1150, 1111, 1069, 1224, 1318, 1391, 1478] });

$(this).attr('disabled', true); }); $('#b').click(function () { var chart = $('#container').highcharts();

chart.addSeries({ name: 'Finance, insurance', data: [614, 654, 698, 657, 657, 607, 505, 494, 477, 554, 559, 540, 537]

});

$(this).attr('disabled', true); }); $('#c').click(function () { var chart = $('#container').highcharts();

chart.addSeries({ name: 'Government', data: [747, 752, 734, 709, 710, 698, 673, 666, 646, 636, 611, 602, 586] });

$(this).attr('disabled', true); }); $('#d').click(function () { var chart = $('#container').highcharts();

chart.addSeries({ name: 'Retail trade', data: [485, 546, 569, 563, 598, 585, 557, 533, 544, 552, 551, 539, 526] });

$(this).attr('disabled', true); }); $('#e').click(function () { var chart = $('#container').highcharts();

chart.addSeries({ name: 'Construction', data: [352, 308, 271, 257, 233, 206, 185, 170, 139, 139, 152, 168, 161] });

$(this).attr('disabled', true); }); });

series: [{ name: 'Private industry', data: [3615, 3771, 4069, 4137, 3841, 4417, 4707] }, { name: 'Government', data: [551, 581, 615, 633, 646, 637, 626]

}] }); });

Dollars are in current year figures and are not inflation adjusted.