Jobs Added in July: +38,000 in Government; +9,000 in Manufacturing
(CNSNews.com) - The economy added 255,000 jobs between June and July, according to [1] the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. 38,000 of those jobs were in government (federal, state and local); and 9,000 were in manufacturing.
The 9,000 manufacturing jobs added in July follows an increase of 15,000 in June, which the National Association of Manufacturers [2] called "an encouraging sign."
However, NAM noted that manufacturing employment has declined 15,000, on net, year-to-date, reflecting "softness in demand and production." NAM did say that since the end of the Great Recession, manufacturers have added 852,000 workers.
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