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U.S. MANUFACTURING TRENDS

Number of U.S. jobs Obama administration claims were created or saved by the stimulus program: 640,000

Number of U.S. manufacturing jobs Obama administration claims were created or saved by the stimulus program: 2,500

U.S. manufacturing jobs as share of total U.S. jobs Obama administration claims were created or saved by stimulus program: 0.39 percent

Number of total U.S. jobs lost during recession: 7.21 million

Claimed stimulus-saved or -created jobs as share of total U.S. jobs lost: during recession  
8.88 percent

Number of total U.S. manufacturing jobs lost during recession: 2.06 million

Claimed stimulus-saved or -created manufacturing jobs as share of total U.S. manufacturing jobs lost during recession: 0.12 percent



 

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