US manufacturing employment is down, but each state has its own story

(fredblog.stlouisfed.org)

25 points | by loughnane a day ago ago

8 comments

  • dzonga a day ago ago

    remember manufacturing in the U.S employs 10X more people than tech does.

    trump tariffs are the reason the numbers are going dow.

    • WalterGR 21 hours ago ago

      > remember manufacturing in the U.S employs 10X more people than tech does.

      That doesn’t sound right.

      Where are you getting the numbers? Are you going by NAICS codes?

      • dzonga 4 hours ago ago

        Here - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MANEMP for Number of Manufacturing jobs down to 12 million. a Few years ago it was going up before trump came in again.

        remember tech sector roughly employs 2 million people thereabouts.

    • frogperson a day ago ago

      They want a poor and desperate workforce that they can more easily exploit.

      • estearum 20 hours ago ago

        No it's even worse: they (the admin) are just actual stupid people.

  • smnrchrds a day ago ago

    St Louis Fed is really angling for that Beigie award.

  • warumdarum 21 hours ago ago

    Why always that positive spin?

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