2018 Saw Largest Increase in Manufacturing Jobs in 21 Years

[rangerrebew]

2018 Saw Largest Increase in Manufacturing Jobs in 21 Years

(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. economy added 284,000 manufacturing jobs in 2018, according to the employment report released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics [1]. That is the largest increase in manufacturing jobs in the United States in 21 years.

The last time the United States increased manufacturing employment by more than 284,000 jobs in one year was in 1997, when the economy added 304,000 manufacturing jobs.


Source URL: https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/2018-saw-largest-increase-manufacturing-jobs-21-years

[jmyrlefuller]

We are witnessing the rebalancing of the American economy. The "service economy" is ebbing (except health care), and the goods economy is coming back.