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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Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)
Series Id: CES3000000001
Seasonally Adjusted
Super Sector: Manufacturing
Industry: Manufacturing
NAICS Code: N/A
Data Type: ALL EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS
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Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual |
1990 |
17796 |
17896 |
17870 |
17845 |
17796 |
17774 |
17704 |
17647 |
17610 |
17574 |
17428 |
17395 |
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1991 |
17329 |
17214 |
17141 |
17093 |
17069 |
17042 |
17016 |
17025 |
17011 |
16997 |
16960 |
16916 |
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1992 |
16839 |
16831 |
16805 |
16830 |
16834 |
16825 |
16822 |
16782 |
16762 |
16750 |
16758 |
16768 |
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1993 |
16790 |
16806 |
16795 |
16771 |
16766 |
16742 |
16742 |
16741 |
16768 |
16778 |
16800 |
16815 |
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1994 |
16853 |
16862 |
16896 |
16932 |
16962 |
17011 |
17027 |
17082 |
17114 |
17144 |
17187 |
17218 |
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1995 |
17259 |
17264 |
17263 |
17278 |
17260 |
17250 |
17218 |
17241 |
17246 |
17215 |
17207 |
17230 |
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1996 |
17206 |
17229 |
17192 |
17204 |
17221 |
17226 |
17222 |
17255 |
17253 |
17268 |
17276 |
17285 |
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1997 |
17298 |
17316 |
17339 |
17351 |
17362 |
17387 |
17387 |
17451 |
17466 |
17513 |
17555 |
17587 |
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1998 |
17621 |
17627 |
17637 |
17636 |
17624 |
17607 |
17421 |
17564 |
17558 |
17512 |
17466 |
17449 |
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1999 |
17426 |
17394 |
17368 |
17342 |
17333 |
17294 |
17319 |
17288 |
17281 |
17275 |
17283 |
17277 |
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2000 |
17285 |
17285 |
17302 |
17299 |
17276 |
17297 |
17325 |
17287 |
17232 |
17215 |
17204 |
17181 |
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2001 |
17101 |
17030 |
16936 |
16801 |
16658 |
16511 |
16386 |
16240 |
16123 |
15972 |
15827 |
15710 |
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2002 |
15584 |
15514 |
15441 |
15391 |
15336 |
15298 |
15259 |
15179 |
15128 |
15058 |
14993 |
14911 |
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2003 |
14854 |
14780 |
14726 |
14615 |
14555 |
14494 |
14410 |
14373 |
14348 |
14328 |
14315 |
14297 |
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2004 |
14283 |
14281 |
14291 |
14323 |
14347 |
14344 |
14341 |
14366 |
14352 |
14344 |
14337 |
14334 |
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2005 |
14307 |
14321 |
14315 |
14300 |
14301 |
14276 |
14270 |
14260 |
14244 |
14257 |
14265(p) |
14283(p) |
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With about 3.5 million fewer (20% less) workers? What was your point again?Actually the question is more apt to you. What was your point again? You're the one that implied that we had increased production.
So you are not allowed to shift away from your defeated point. And your defeat is greater than just a static production situation. If the hedonic accounting that miscounts as U.S. production, product that is in fact largely foreign made componentry, then what have you?
Perhaps the real U.S. production is 20% less...