Table 6: Difference between revised and previously published Business Employment Dynamics data series, number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted (In thousands) Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September 2 3 2 1 0 1 -1 December 0 -1 0 -1 -1 0 -1 1993 March -1 2 2 0 3 2 1 June -1 -1 1 -2 -1 0 -1 September 1 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 December 1 -2 -2 0 1 2 -1 1994 March 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 June -4 -1 0 -1 2 -1 3 September 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 December 0 0 -1 1 -1 -2 1 1995 March 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 June 0 -3 -3 0 1 1 0 September 3 5 2 3 -1 -1 0 December 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1996 March -1 -1 -1 0 0 -1 1 June 2 0 -1 1 0 1 -1 September 4 1 0 1 -5 -2 -3 December -1 -1 -2 1 3 1 2 1997 March 2 1 0 1 -2 -1 -1 June 5 4 1 3 -3 -1 -2 September -2 -4 -3 -1 0 -1 1 December 1 -2 -2 0 -3 -2 -1 1998 March 2 0 0 0 -1 1 -2 June 6 4 -1 5 -1 0 -1 September 2 0 -1 1 -1 0 -1 December 9 8 1 7 1 3 -2 1999 March 3 7 3 4 10 9 1 June 5 3 3 0 -2 3 -5 September 6 3 3 0 -1 5 -6 December -19 -21 0 -21 1 3 -2 2000 March 13 8 4 4 -6 3 -9 June -13 -10 5 -15 0 2 -2 September 6 4 6 -2 -6 2 -8 December -10 -11 1 -12 0 2 -2 2001 March 1 6 5 1 4 4 0 June -6 -1 4 -5 4 3 1 September 11 5 4 1 -4 6 -10 December -6 -9 0 -9 -1 2 -3 2002 March 2 5 3 2 6 6 0 June 2 1 4 -3 -2 3 -5 September -1 -7 -1 -6 -1 4 -5 December -4 -2 2 -4 3 3 0 2003 March -2 4 3 1 5 2 3 June 3 -2 -1 -1 -2 2 -4 September 10 4 2 2 -1 7 -8 December 10 14 9 5 1 6 -5 2004 March -14 -8 0 -8 9 3 6 June 1 3 3 0 0 1 -1 September 6 1 3 -2 -1 7 -8 December -7 -6 2 -8 2 3 -1 2005 March -3 2 2 0 9 6 3 June 3 2 3 -1 -3 1 -4 September 1 -1 2 -3 2 6 -4 December 7 13 3 10 11 8 3 2006 March 3 16 6 10 16 9 7 June 6 13 4 9 12 9 3 September 9 24 10 14 21 16 5 December 5 11 2 9 9 5 4 (1) See footnote 1, table 5. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics November 16, 2007