You mentioned that the construction industry--when you say on month-to-month, do you see any trend lines on the export o...
So there has been a steady deterioration since about the middle of last year?
I think everybody's key focus has been on the housing market and what we can do to stimulate the housing market.
Do you see any of that reflected in your employment data of either strength or less weakness in employment and export-or...
The overall unemployment rate rose to 5.1 percent. Where was that rate a year ago?
What were the other major ones?
OK. And the biggest falloff in employment has been the construction industry?
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We are trying to figure out what we should be doing from our end in order to stem the tide of all these negative statist...
Now Chairman Bernanke talks about slow performance late last year, you know, the signs of a recession this year.
So if you took construction and manufacturing together, what percentage of the job loss--was it well over 100 percent?
So we have got a real weakness in the automotive sector continuing there? Correct?
I find this real interesting.
Today's news that the economy lost 80,000 payroll jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose 5.1 percent is disappoi...
Thanks for the data and the information.
I have been touring a number of places in my state and manufacturing industries had experienced a significant fall off o...
So that is telling us that companies are not putting on temps? Is that what you are saying to us?
68,000 in all housing-related. So that would include your durable goods that you put into a house?