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Nice chart. Shows a 50% gain over your '91-to'05 time frame of 15 years. I.e., from a base of 2,000 it increased by a thousand to 3,000 over the 15 years. Read through the fine print. Fails to adjust for inflation.

Same site notes this about inflation:

Going from aaproximately 110 to 170 ( or a 60 point rise) over the same time frame. This represents an approximate 54% increase in producer price increases. This means that actual production growth was essentially static...indeed, perhaps negative...and increasingly so over the '02 to '05 time frame. 15 years of static result. Not good. So much for phoney free trade.

This means that actual production growth was essentially static...indeed, perhaps negative...and increasingly so over the '02 to '05 time frame. 15 years of static result. Not good. So much for phoney free trade.

So, for the last 15 years, despite all the trade agreements and all the whining about American production being destroyed, we still produce the same amount of goods?

With about 3.5 million fewer (20% less) workers? What was your point again?

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Data extracted on: January 7, 2006 (9:37:00 AM)

Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Series Id: CES3000000001 Seasonally Adjusted Super Sector: Manufacturing Industry: Manufacturing NAICS Code: N/A Data Type: ALL EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS
1990	17796	17896	17870	17845	17796	17774	17704	17647	17610	17574	17428	17395
1991	17329	17214	17141	17093	17069	17042	17016	17025	17011	16997	16960	16916
1992	16839	16831	16805	16830	16834	16825	16822	16782	16762	16750	16758	16768
1993	16790	16806	16795	16771	16766	16742	16742	16741	16768	16778	16800	16815
1994	16853	16862	16896	16932	16962	17011	17027	17082	17114	17144	17187	17218
1995	17259	17264	17263	17278	17260	17250	17218	17241	17246	17215	17207	17230
1996	17206	17229	17192	17204	17221	17226	17222	17255	17253	17268	17276	17285
1997	17298	17316	17339	17351	17362	17387	17387	17451	17466	17513	17555	17587
1998	17621	17627	17637	17636	17624	17607	17421	17564	17558	17512	17466	17449
1999	17426	17394	17368	17342	17333	17294	17319	17288	17281	17275	17283	17277
2000	17285	17285	17302	17299	17276	17297	17325	17287	17232	17215	17204	17181
2001	17101	17030	16936	16801	16658	16511	16386	16240	16123	15972	15827	15710
2002	15584	15514	15441	15391	15336	15298	15259	15179	15128	15058	14993	14911
2003	14854	14780	14726	14615	14555	14494	14410	14373	14348	14328	14315	14297
2004	14283	14281	14291	14323	14347	14344	14341	14366	14352	14344	14337	14334
2005	14307	14321	14315	14300	14301	14276	14270	14260	14244	14257	14265(p)	14283(p)
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