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  • From: "Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Economic growth figures rigged?
  • Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:24:52 -0400

From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ian Meyer
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 4:07 PM
To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Economic growth figures rigged?

 

>so we have manual labor jobs as well as stuff like harris teeter providing jobs, but what we still need is jobs for people lik i was talking about before, the people who are trained, have experience, and should >be able to get jobs in their fields, not have to get a job at the HT because they dont want to be on welfare anymore

>~ian
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Looks like a wide variety of jobs were created including in the sectors you’re interested in:

 

Construction employment increased by 71,000 in March, following a decline
in February.  This industry has added 201,000 jobs over the past year.  Most
of the March employment gain occurred among specialty trade contractors.
   
   Retail trade added 47,000 jobs in March.  This sector has added 132,000
jobs since December, after posting a net job loss in 2003.  Within retail
trade, employment in food stores increased by 13,000 over the month, reflect-
ing the net impact of workers returning from a strike.  Wholesale trade em-
ployment edged up over the month.  Since October, the industry has added
39,000 jobs.
   
   Employment in health care and social assistance rose by 36,000 in March.
Over the year, this industry has gained 255,000 jobs.  In March, employment
increased in hospitals (12,000), offices of physicians (9,000), and nursing
and residential care facilities (7,000).
   
   In the financial sector, employment in credit intermediation and related
activities grew by 11,000 in March.  Following declines in the last quarter
of 2003, employment in credit intermediation expanded in the first quarter,
reflecting a rise in mortgage refinancing activity.  Prior to the fourth
quarter of 2003, the industry had been adding jobs for about 3 years.
   
   Professional and business services added 42,000 jobs in March.  Small em-
ployment increases occurred in several of the component industries, including
architectural and engineering services, computer systems design, and manage-
ment consulting.  Elsewhere in professional and business services, employment
in temporary help services was about unchanged over the month.  Since April
2003, however, the industry has added 212,000 jobs.
   
   Within the leisure and hospitality sector, employment in food services and
drinking places increased by 27,000 over the month and by 186,000 over the
year.
   
   Manufacturing employment was unchanged in March at 14.3 million.  Declines
in manufacturing employment began moderating late last summer.  Employment in
both durable and nondurable goods manufacturing was little changed in March.
   
   Employment in a number of other industries edged up in March, including
transportation and warehousing (13,000), utilities (2,000), and government
(31,000).  Within government, the March job gain was concentrated in state
and local education.
   

 

 





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