Among its subcomponents, the largest contributors to the quarterly decrease were transportation equipment manufacturing (-4.2%), primary metal and fabricated metal product manufacturing (-4.5%) and paper manufacturing (-3.0%). The second largest contributor to the total quarterly decrease was finance, insurance and real estate (-4.8%), with its subcomponent, real estate, rental and leasing services, falling 5.4%.
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