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Show Behind last year's totals Job qrowth at healthy pace in 1991 tinucd to provide most new jobs, with 13,100 more positions added, for an eight percent growth; the trade sector increased by 6,800 jobs, for a four percent growth rate; transportation, communications, and public utilities added 1,780 jobs, while finance-insurance-real estate and government registered the slowest growth, with banks and the federal government actually declining in the number of jobs. CLEARFIELD Job growth should continue at a healthy pace during 1991 in both Davis County ; and the state, said Jack Bailey, ! manager of Davis County Job Service. Ser-vice. However, the number of new positions probably will not equal that of 1990. The factor of "as goes the nation, goes Utah' must also be considered con-sidered to some degree, Bailey said. An economic downturn was experienced experi-enced on the national level during 1990. It had little impact on Utah. However, the slowing of growth in the rest of the county could influence in-fluence the state, depending on its severity. I "It is anticipated that there will be fewer new jobs created in 1991 compared to last year," Bailey said. ' "Therefore, unemployment rates will probably nudge higher, to possibly one percent greater than in 1990, or 5.5 percent for the state. ' Traditionally, Davis County's rate ! of joblessness is somewhat lower i than the state average. Still, the predicted generation of 25,000 new jobs this year should be sufficient to meet the number of new positions needed to absorb those entering into the workforce," Bailey added. "Given the fact that we are anticipating an-ticipating a measured downturn in economic growth, optimism is still in order. The rate of growth will slow, somewhat, from what we experienced ex-perienced in 1990. And while unemployment will edge upward, it will remain low compared to most of the 1980s. In fact, some Utahns may face agonizing labor force adjustments ad-justments as individual industries expand and contract," Bailey said. But overall, he predicts that "Utah's economy should weather the national downturn in a positive way." Most growth is projected to occur in the services industry, the prime "mover and shaker" of employment employ-ment expansion in the 1980s and 1990. About 11,000 new jobs are anticipated in that category for an annual growth rate near six percent. Manufacturing will continue to grow, although less quickly. State and local government employment should see gains, especially in education, edu-cation, to help offset losses in federal fed-eral positions. Looking back at 1990, all of Utah's major industrial sectors experienced ex-perienced growth. In fact, Utah consistently ranked among the top ten states in terms of job expansion. Nearly 32,000 new jobs were created. The state's manufacturing sector registered a moderate growth, for example, while manufacturing employment on a national level actually declined. The mining and construction industries in-dustries ' 'turned the economic comer" after several vulnerable years, growing by about 5 percent in terms of job creation; manufacturing manufac-turing gained 3,500 new positions, for a three percent growth rate; the service-producing industries con- |