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February 2002

U.S. labor market in 2001: economy enters a recession

David Langdon, Terence M. McMenamin, Thomas J. Krolik

The year began with a weakening labor market, in which manufacturing downturn spread into other sectors; unemployment climbed from the historic lows reached during the recent economic expansion.

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