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Private industry employer health benefits costs up 1.8 percent for year ending September 2020

November 30, 2020
Health benefits costs for private industry employers increased 1.8 percent for the 12 months ending in September 2020. Full Text »

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From the barrel to the pump: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prices for petroleum products
Kevin M. Camp, David Mead, Stephen B. Reed, Christopher Sitter, Derek Wasilewski
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Despite being a leading driver of employment growth for decades, manufacturing has shed employment over the past 40 years as the U.S. economy has shifted to service-providing industries. This article looks at the broad employment trends in manufacturing over the past 40 years, as well as the trends in specific industries that have been most affected.
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