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64,000 Construction Workers Laid Off in September

The national unemployment rate for the construction industry rose to 17.1 percent as another 64,000 construction workers lost their jobs in September, according to 澳门六合彩开奖预测's analysis of new employment data released Friday. With 80 percent of layoffs occurring in nonresidential construction, Ken Simonson, 澳门六合彩开奖预测's chief economist, said the decline in nonresidential construction has eclipsed housing's problems. Read 澳门六合彩开奖预测's press release .聽 This information was included in , and . For more information, contact Brian Turmail at (703) 837-5310 or turmailb@agc.org.