NJ manufacturing job gains suggest worst over for NJ

September 8, 2015

James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, said the state shed manufacturing jobs rapidly during the recession and at a slower pace as the post-recession recovery took hold, rarely adding jobs.

NorthJersey.com, September 6

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