Friday, November 4, 2005

DISMAL JOBS REPORT...

Read it and weep:

Construction......... 7,217 p7,260 7,267 p7,279 p7,312 ---
p33
Manufacturing........ 14,292 p14,254 14,260 p14,232 p14,244 ---p12
Retail trade(2)...... 15,180 p15,218 15,231 p15,173 p15,167---
p-5
Professional and
business services.. 16,867 p16,997 16,983 p17,044 p17,056---
p12
Education and health
services........... 17,289 p17,415 17,418 p17,451 p17,462--- p11
Leisure and
hospitality........ 12,741 p12,799 12,830 p12,767 p12,749---
p-18
Government........... 21,753 p21,841 21,849 p21,857 p21,867---
p10

Basically, restaurants and bars collapsed while retailing is strangely punk...


But Construction was still strong, while health care, temps and government treaded water.

But oddly enough we now live in an economy where dismal seems OK!