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Manufacturing employment continued to decline in December
Howard Richman, 1/8/2010

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According to preliminary statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning, manufacturing employment declined from 11,657,000 workers in November to 11,630,000 workers in December, as shown in the above graph. Overall, non-farm employment declined by 85,000, but unemployment remained unchanged at 10%.

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