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February 1984

Employment in durable goods anything but durable in 1979-82

Diane Nilsen

Durable goods manufacturers, particularly makers and industrial users of metal products, were hard hit by the recent back-to-back recessions; for some industries, cyclical jolts were aggravated by long-term declines in competitive position.

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