1. South Carolina Economic Overview and Forecast
Presented as part of
A Conversation About the South Carolina Economy
October 21, 2005
Dr. Don Schunk Moore School of Business
University of South Carolina

2. A good forecaster is not smarter than everyone else, he merely has his ignorance better organized.

3. Southeastern Employment

5. Services-Providing Sectors

7. Goods-Producing Sectors

9. Construction Sector Employment

11. The ‘Missing’ Construction Jobs

12. South Carolina Manufacturing Employment Trends

18. SC Relative Per Capita Income

23. The best way to predict the future is to create it. -Peter Drucker