The Collapse of Construction Employment

By Global Macro Monitor On Dec 9, 2011

Here’s a great chart from the BLS showing the collapse of construction employment from May 2006-10. No surprise the largest declines are in the four housing bubble states — Nevada, Arizona, Florida, and California. Stunning employment in this sector is down 40-55 percent and one reason why the traditional monetary transmission mechanism is broken — lower rates sparks construction spending and thus hiring of construction workers.

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Anonymous says 12 years ago

The latest employment figures showed further job losses in construction. That was not a good sign. It is a failure of QE to even maintain activity in construction.

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