Manufacturing jobs in the U.S. have grown by just over 3 percent in the past two years, according to a report released today by the Brookings Institution. And while that number seems minute compared to the dramatic nationwide losses since the end of the 1970s, there’s evidence that manufacturing is on the path for a long-term rebound.
Between January 2009 and December 2011, the country gained about 350,000 manufacturing jobs, with the fastest growth occurring in the Midwest, according to the report. Along with the South, Midwestern states had suffered huge job losses — sometimes exceeding 40 percent — in the manufacturing sector between 2000 and 2010.
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