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April 2002, Vol. 125, No. 4

Employment in business services: a year of unprecedented decline

Rachel Krantz
Economist,  Division of Current Employment Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.


Falling employment in personnel services contributed to the greatest decline in employment in business services in the last 43 years; slowing of growth in computer services and job losses in miscellaneous business services played a smaller role.

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