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Recursion

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58. That was (and still is) a lot of our manufacturing output
Fri May 22, 2015, 04:37 AM
May 2015

And, remember, US manufacturing output right now is higher than it has ever been in US history. We just don't employ nearly as many people to do that as we used to. A lot like US farm output.

But, yes, heavy plant and machinery is one of our three biggest export sectors, and looks to be for a long time.

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Jobs (manufacturing and overall) and wages (manufacturing and overall) rose and unemployment fell. pampango May 2015 #10
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The number of manufacturing jobs went up too. pampango May 2015 #15
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That was (and still is) a lot of our manufacturing output Recursion May 2015 #58
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