| Sumario: | Part of a special section on U.S. economic projections to the year 2000. More than 21 million new jobs will be added to the economy between 1986 and 2000, the majority of which will be concentrated in service-producing industries. Service-producing employment will make up about 80 percent of all compensated jobs by the turn of the century. Health services, business services, and trade will experience the most job growth, and employment in communications, transportation, finance, and insurance will also rise. The projections are affected by a number of key trends, including higher productivity growth, improvements in the U.S. international trade balance, and the growth of defense spending through at least 1990.
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