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from the Department of Employment and Economic Development.

I'm trolling through it now. A few thoughts:

-- Minnesota construction jobs continue to get hammered, down 2,500 in August; down 8,100 from the same time a year ago and falling much faster compared to the construction sector nationally.

This chart from the Minnesota Housing Partnership focuses only on residential building jobs, but it's pretty telling about the construction business generally.

Right now, there's not much hope for that trend line and all the people it represents.

-- Manufacturing continues to recover slowly. It lost 200 jobs in August but is up 5,600 from last year. Still, it's 

 from the glory days before the recession.

-- Only five of the state's 11 sectors added jobs in August. Professional and business services grew by 4,900 jobs but administrative and support services, which includes temporary help, accounted for most of the growth in this sector.

Experts typically view temp job growth as a positive leading indicator. But we've been seeing that for several months now and wonder when temp jobs will turn into permanent ones.

-- DEED identified 488 green jobs open in the state during the fourth quarter of 2009, most in environmental cleanup, education, regulation, renewable energy and  sustainable agriculture.

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A quick look at this morning's MN jobless data finds little overall job growth and serious problems for the construction sector.

MN jobless rate edges up to 7 percent: Quick hits

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