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The net direct effect of the Trump budget, if implemented as proposed, would result in a decrease of from 20,000 to 24,600 federal jobs, taking between $2.3 and $2.7 billion of federal salaries out of the economy, a decrease of from $800 million to $1.2 billion in federal procurement spending, resulting in a loss of…

Job Gains Revised Down from Preliminary Releases The Washington region added 55,600 jobs between 2015 and 2016 based on data released today from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), or 16,800 fewer jobs than indicated by the preliminary releases. In the preliminary releases, the region had been on pace to add 72,400 jobs in…