Business Employment Dynamics Report

From December 2003 to March 2004, the number of job gains from opening and expanding business establishments was 7.7 million, and the number of job losses from closing and contracting establishments was 7.3 million, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. During the first quarter of 2004, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in both the goods-producing and service-providing sectors.

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