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["Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

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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