Manufacturing and Employment
The Department of Labor announced that the economy added 243,000 jobs-including 50,000 in the manufacturing sector alone-in January 2012, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%. With 257,000 jobs added by private businesses, this marks the 23rd consecutive month of private sector job growth.
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