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BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1998

RELEASED TODAY:
   EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- Payroll employment rose slightly, and
unemployment was virtually unchanged at 4.6 percent in September.
Nonfarm payroll employment was up by only 69,000.  The number of
manufacturing and construction jobs declined, and growth in the services
industry was weak for the second month in a row. ...
   JEC STATEMENT -- To summarize, the pace of payroll job growth
continued to slow in September, reflecting declines in manufacturing and
construction and slow growth in services.  The unemployment rate, at 4.6
percent, remained little changed.

New claims filed with state agencies for unemployment insurance benefits
decreased by 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted total of 289,000 for the
week ended Sept. 26, the Labor Department reported. ... (Daily Labor
Report, page D-1).

New construction outlays edged up just 0.1 percent in August, propped up
by increased spending for public projects, the Commerce Department
reports. ... (Daily Labor Report, page A-10).

New survey information released by the National Association of
Purchasing Management indicates that the U.S. manufacturing sector is
continuing to slow down, as both employment and inventories decreased.
It was the fourth consecutive month that a contraction in manufacturing
had been picked up in the NAPM survey, which provides forecasters and
policymakers with an early look at economic activity for the prior
month. ... Overall, the U.S. economy maintained modest growth in
September, according to the survey. ... (Daily Labor Report, page A-2;
Wall Street Journal, page A2)_____Manufacturing weakened in the United
States in September as exports slumped, while prices paid by industrial
companies fell to the lowest level in almost half a century. ... (New
York Times, page C6).    

Finding a "higher incidence of reported pain, injury, and disability"
among workers in specific occupations, the National Academy of Sciences
concludes that there is a strong link between workplace exposures and
musculoskeletal disorders.  Particularly at risk of MSDs are workers who
are "heavily exposed" to repetitive work, such as auto assembly
employees, and health care workers, who are injured through the routine
lifting of their patients.  The report, prepared by an academy steering
committee, cautions that existing research is lacking on precise causal
factors for ergonomic injuries and warns that too little is known about
the "full clinical spectrum" of musculoskeletal disorders. ... (Daily
Labor Report, page A-10)_____The National Academy of Sciences said that
workplace activities, like lifting and repetitive motions, often
contributed to muscle and skeleton disorders like back injuries and
tendonitis, with the annual cost of such injuries as high as $20
billion. ... (New York Times, page A20). 


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