A line graph showing changes on year-ago three-month moving average employment growth rates in the manufacturing sector; finance, insurance, and real estate (FIRE) sector; and total growth for the Mid-Atlantic Region minus the rest of the nation from January 2001 through July 2002. In the manufacturing sector, the rate was minus 1 percent in January 2001, 0 percent in March and May 2001, minus .5 percent in July 2001, 0 percent in September 2001, .5 percent in November 2001, 1 percent in January 2002, 2 percent in March 2002, just below 2 percent in May 2002, and 1 percent in July 2002.

In the FIRE sector, the rate was .25 percent in January 2001, minus .5 percent in March 2001, minus 1 percent in May 2001, minus 1.5 percent in July and September 2001, minus 2 percent in November 2001, minus 2.5 percent in January and March 2002, minus 2 percent in May 2002, and minus 1.5 percent in July 2002.