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Fann Machinery, Computer and Electronic Equipment u' A/i <br /> q Added Jobs <br /> Manufacturers of farm machinery, computers, and electronic products have continued to <br /> expand in the Southwest region since 1993. Retail trade and services also increased expansion <br /> • hirings, creating an increase in total expansion jobs from the previous quarter. <br /> Overall, the number of new businesses in the region declined by one-third during the fall <br /> quarter, but those start-ups that did occur were larger, creating more new jobs than the <br /> previous quarter's start-ups. The large sources of start-up jobs - retail trade, services and <br /> construction - increased new hirings during this quarter. <br /> Southwest <br /> Region <br /> 4th Quarter, 1995 <br /> Number of Business Establishments <br /> Births Dissolutions Expansions Contractions <br /> Industry No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate %) No. Rate(%) <br /> Agriculture D D D D D D 4 1.3 <br /> Mining 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 <br /> Construction 11 1.3 9 1.0 8 0.9 D D <br /> Manufacturing D D 4 0.9 11 2.4 6 1.3 <br /> Trans., Comm., Utilities 4 0.7 11 1.9 5 0.9 D D <br /> Wholesale Trade 4 0.6 7 1.0 D D D D <br /> Retail Trade 33 1.7 33 1.7 9 0.5 9 0.5 <br /> Finance, Ins., Real Estate 11 1.4 7 0.9 D D 0 0.0 <br /> Services 44 2.0 35 1.6 12 0.6 8 0.4 <br /> • Public Administration 0 0.0 D D D D D D <br /> TOTAL 4th Qtr., 1995 120 1.5 111 1.4 56 0.7 35 0.4 <br /> TOTAL 3rd Qtr., 1995 181 2.2 116 1.4 47 0.6 35 0.4 <br /> TOTAL 4th Qtr., 1994 158 1.9 119 1.4 27 0.3 37 0.4 <br /> Number of Jobs <br /> Births Dissolutions Expansions Contractions <br /> Industry No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) <br /> Agriculture D D D D D D 70 2.0 <br /> Mining 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 <br /> Construction 78 1.4 20 0.4 133 2.4 D D <br /> Manufacturing D D 7 0.0 235 0.8 197 0,7 <br /> Trans., Comm., Utilities 5 0.1 17 0.4 80 1.8 D D <br /> Wholesale Trade 4 0.1 17 0.2 D D D D <br /> Retail Trade 292 1.4 123 0.6 145 0.7 122 0.6 <br /> Finance, Ins., Real Estate 15 0.3 4 0.1 D D 0 0.0 <br /> Services 68 0.3 87 0.3 231 0.9 198 0.7 <br /> Public Administration 0 0.0 D D D D D D <br /> TOTAL 4th Qtr., 1995 505 0.5 277 0.3 1,000 1.0 833 0.8 <br /> TOTAL 3rd Qtr., 1995 476 0.4 227 0.2 952 0.9 900 0.8 <br /> TOTAL 4th Qtr., 1994 634 0.6 259 0.2 584 0.5 589 0.5 <br /> D = Suppressed to avoid disclosure of individual company data. <br /> Southwest Region Counties: Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, <br /> • Murrav, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood. Renville, Rock. Swift and Yellow iliedicine. <br /> Note: See notes on Page 13 of Report for Terms. Definitions and Sources. <br /> 9 <br />