Henwood & Employment #s.

[Doug Henwood]

Percentage change in employment between the date shown and April 
2000. You know, like a change from 1.0 million to 1.1 million would 
be +10%.

Doug

Carrol Cox wrote:


>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