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Manufacturing Shrinkage Surprises Economists

Source: Reuters | Nation | July 3, 2012

The Metro Economies Most Dependent on Manufacturing Jobs

Manufacturing shrank in June for the first time in nearly three years as new orders plummeted, according to one measure of the sector that provided a stark sign of the economic recovery's slowdown.

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