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• York, Pa., area's unemployment rate holds steady, follows trends.

  - 2004-09-06

  By Michelle Starr, York Daily Record, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 6--York County's small shift in unemployment numbers is in line with state, regional and national trends. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in July dropped one-tenth of a percentage...

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• The U.S. economy to 2012: signs of growth: based on the assumptions used in developing economic projections, real GDP is expected to grow during the next decade, while productivity remains strong and inflation remains stable

  - 2004-02-01

  Every 2 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics prepares a set of projected U.S. economic factors that form the basis for the employment projections program. This article presents the projections of U.S. economic factors that underlie the 2002-12 employment projections. This set of aggregate economic projections presents some unique challenges....

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• The U.S. economy to 2010: domestic growth with continued high productivity, low unemployment rates, and strong foreign markets characterize the expected outlook for the coming decade

  - 2001-11-01

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, the Bureau) projections for the U.S. economy during the 2000-10 decade reflect continued growth. Gross domestic product GDP is expected to reach $12.8 trillion in chained 1996 dollars by the end of the decade, an increase of $3.6 trillion over the period. (1) Rising...

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• Finding Reliable Statistics on the Web, Part 2.(directory of government web sites)(Directory)

  - 2001-10-01

  In last months issue we identified and described key sources of official statistics from the U.S. Department of Commerce, focusing in particular on sources from the Bureau of the Census. In this months issue, we've identified the other primary departments in the U.S. federal government that...

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