US Enjoys Best Manufacturing Jobs Growth of the Last 30 Years
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Some food for thought: the U.S. had as many people working in the manufacturing sector in December as it did 69 years ago.
The 32,000 positions added in December took the total number of positions in manufacturing to 12.84 million. In November 1949, there were 12.88 million manufacturing workers, at the end of a sharp recession.
The economy in 1949 was unlike that of the U.S. in 2019 in another way. Then, some 30% of American civilian workers outside the farm sector were in manufacturing; now, that percentage stands at just 8.5%, about as low as it’s ever been.
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Market Watch
Some food for thought: the U.S. had as many people working in the manufacturing sector in December as it did 69 years ago.
The 32,000 positions added in December took the total number of positions in manufacturing to 12.84 million. In November 1949, there were 12.88 million manufacturing workers, at the end of a sharp recession.
The economy in 1949 was unlike that of the U.S. in 2019 in another way. Then, some 30% of American civilian workers outside the farm sector were in manufacturing; now, that percentage stands at just 8.5%, about as low as it’s ever been.
Read More →
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