Quarterly Data Series on Business Employment Dynamics

The latest jobs data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://bls.gov:

From December 2008 to March 2009 the number of job losses from closing and contracting establishments remained essentially unchanged at 8.5 million. The number of job gains from opening and expanding private sector establishments fell from 6.7 million to 5.7 million, the lowest level since the series began in 1992, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

 Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in all but two industry sectors: utilities and education and health services.

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