Henwood & Employment #s.

[Carrol Cox]

I guess I'm being opaque, but I can't quite read this chart. That is,
I can't get a grasp on what the percentages are percentages *of*.

Carrol

Doug Henwood wrote:


> PERCENT CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT THROUGH APRIL 2000
>
>                                                manufacturing
>                     ---------------------------------------------------------
>                                            durable
>                              -------------------------------------
>           total                        primary  computer/   motor
>           empl     total     total     metal   office eq  vehicles  nondurable
> 3/89    +22.0%     -5.7%     -4.3%    -11.8%    -24.1%    +15.4%     -7.7%
> 7/93    +18.4%     +1.9%     +7.9%     +1.0%     -3.0%    +21.5%     -5.8%
> 3/98     +4.9%     -2.7%     -2.2%     -4.3%     -9.1%     +0.7%     -3.4%
>
> How about that; computers & office equipment down; motor vehicles &
> equipment up!
>
> Doug