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> Job cuts surge in July
> Outplacement firm sees record
> 205,975 cuts, triple year-earlier figure
> August 6, 2001: 10:08 a.m. ET
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> NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Companies slashed 205,975 jobs in July, more than triple the figure a
> year earlier and the most in eight years of tracking such data, an outplacement firm reported
> Monday.
> The July figures pushed the total job cuts up to 983,337 so far for 2001, the Challenger, Gray &
> Christmas Inc. report said.
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> The figure contrasts with the
> governmen t's unemployment report for
> July released Friday, which indicated
> the rate held steady, although
> manufacturing, the hardest hit sector
> during this latest economic slowdown,
> shed 49,000 jobs.
> The Challenger report also indicated
> that manufacturing was hardest hit,
> with the biggest cuts coming in
> telecommunications, computers,
> electronics and industrial goods. About
> 45,000 telecom jobs were cut in July
> along with 26,321 computer jobs and
> 22,800 electronics jobs. The industrial
> goods sector shed 20,381 jobs,
> according to the report.
>"Companies are looking at their
> staffing needs for the balance of 2001 and the numbers do not present a very positive picture,"
> said John Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas."The most worrisome aspect of
> the job-cut numbers, in terms of serving as an economic barometer, is the fact that job cutting
> has been heaviest in both manufacturing and technology."
> During the slowdown, which began last year, manufacturers have eliminated jobs in an effort to
> cut costs and streamline inventory to adjust for decreased demand from wholesalers and
> consumers.



oh heiliges Wunder, es werden Millionen auf die Straße gesetzt, aber die
U.S.Unemployment Rate bleibt unverändert oder fällt sogar? Unter Bush wird genauso weitermanipuliert wie unter dem ewig schwätzend, lächelnden Clinton.


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