12 Industries That Are Still Shrinking

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The housing bust still hasn’t ended, with home prices continuing to fall. With a glut of homes, it makes little sense for most builders to start constructing new ones. Commercial real estate is in slightly better shape, but the whole industry is likely to struggle for years.

Jobs lost in 2010:
71,000

Jobs lost since 2007:
1.9 million

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