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Services: business demand rivals consumer demand in driving job growth
Bill GoodmanReid Steadman
Economist formerly in the
Division of Current Employment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: rsteadma@andrew.cmu.edu
The services division, a part of the service-producing sector, contributed more than half of U.S. job growth between 1988 and 2000; rising demand from enterprises was key.
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