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  • Housing market won't stabilize until late 2009, early 2010, economist predicts

    The housing market will likely stay sluggish in 2009, experts say, with further declines in the number of sales and prices. "If the local housing market stabilizes in 2009, it's going to be at the very end of the year," said Coastal Carolina University research economist Don Schunk.

  • Carolinas' job market rut likely to last

    This past September, Jeff Weaver of Myrtle Beach was a licensed residential contractor. Today, he's part of a crew of 11 in Antarctica installing generators for a power plant upgrade.

  • The gas prices roller coaster should level in 2009

    Gas prices aren't expected to take drivers on the wild ride that they did in 2008, experts predict. They will likely climb and waver in 2009, though it's not clear how high they will go.

  • Golf in Myrtle Beach faces hard times until 2010, officials predict

    Operators of golf-related businesses on the Grand Strand are braced to weather what could be an economic storm in 2009. Paid rounds on Strand courses were down 8.5 percent in 2008 compared with 2007, according to statistics compiled for marketing cooperative Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, and another palpable drop is expected this year.

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