Federal Reserve Bank economists see weak rebound in oil jobs

The US rig count has rebounded to the highest level since the mid-1980s, yet upstream employment as of December 2000 lags 10.9% below its peak, said two analysts at the Houston branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. "Job growth in oil and natural gas extraction remains surprisingly weak," Robert W. Gilmer and Albert Mitchell said in a recent report.

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