Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

/me stfu's and heads out to go to work

next time i'll take the time to read the article at the beginning, sorry for not doing so

~ian


On Apr 12, 2004, at 4:24 PM, Tony Spencer wrote:

> <x-tad-bigger>From:</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>On Behalf Of </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Ian Meyer</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Sent:</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> Monday, April 12, 2004 4:07 PM</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>To:</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Subject:</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> Re: [internetworkers] Economic growth figures rigged?</x-tad-bigger>
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> >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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> <x-tad-bigger>Looks like a wide variety of jobs were created including in the sectors you’re interested in:</x-tad-bigger>
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> <x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Construction employment increased by 71,000 in March, following a decline</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>in February.  This industry has added 201,000 jobs over the past year.  Most</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>of the March employment gain occurred among specialty trade contractors.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   Retail trade added 47,000 jobs in March.  This sector has added 132,000</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>jobs since December, after posting a net job loss in 2003.  Within retail</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>trade, employment in food stores increased by 13,000 over the month, reflect-</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>ing the net impact of workers returning from a strike.  Wholesale trade em-</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>ployment edged up over the month.  Since October, the industry has added</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>39,000 jobs.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   Employment in health care and social assistance rose by 36,000 in March.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>Over the year, this industry has gained 255,000 jobs.  In March, employment</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>increased in hospitals (12,000), offices of physicians (9,000), and nursing</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>and residential care facilities (7,000).</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   In the financial sector, employment in credit intermediation and related</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>activities grew by 11,000 in March.  Following declines in the last quarter</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>of 2003, employment in credit intermediation expanded in the first quarter,</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>reflecting a rise in mortgage refinancing activity.  Prior to the fourth</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>quarter of 2003, the industry had been adding jobs for about 3 years.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>Professional and business services added 42,000 jobs in March</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>.  Small em-</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>ployment increases occurred in several of the component industries, including</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>architectural and engineering services, computer systems design, and manage-</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>ment consulting.  Elsewhere in </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>professional and business services</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>, employment</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>in temporary help services was about unchanged over the month.  Since April</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>2003, however, the </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>industry has added 212,000 jobs</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   Within the leisure and hospitality sector, employment in food services and</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>drinking places increased by 27,000 over the month and by 186,000 over the</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>year.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   Manufacturing employment was unchanged in March at 14.3 million.  Declines</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>in manufacturing employment began moderating late last summer.  Employment in</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>both durable and nondurable goods manufacturing was little changed in March.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   </x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   Employment in a number of other industries edged up in March, including</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>transportation and warehousing (13,000), utilities (2,000), and government</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>(31,000).  Within government, the March job gain was concentrated in state</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>and local education.</x-tad-bigger>
> <x-tad-bigger>   </x-tad-bigger>
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> <x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
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> <x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>
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