March 5, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Output projections for major industries, 2010–2020

Projected output growth and annual rate of change, by major industry excluding agriculture, in chain-weighted 2005 dollars, 2010–2020
Industry	Annual rate of change (percent)	Net change in output
Total	2.9	$7,705,000,000,000
Service-providing
Financial activities	3.2	1,239,000,000,000
Professional and business services	3.7	1,017,100,000,000
Information	4.7	696,600,000,000
Retail trade	3.7	506,000,000,000
Health care and social assistance	2.9	500,000,000,000
Wholesale trade	3.4	472,500,000,000
State and local government	1.9	361,800,000,000
Transportation and warehousing	3.3	268,200,000,000
Leisure and hospitality	2.6	253,700,000,000
Other services	2.4	137,800,000,000
Utilities	2.0	77,500,000,000
Educational services	1.7	37,000,000,000
Federal government	-0.7	-73,200,000,000
Goods producing
Manufacturing	2.8	1,360,300,000,000
Construction	3.8	368,600,000,000
Mining	1.3	52,900,000,000

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