Photo of the Day: When construction jobs disappear

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This picture shows idle construction trailers in the Inland Empire. It’s a snapshot from Sandler O’Neill & Partners analyst Aaron Deer’s recent tour of the I.E.

News item from the L.A. Times today: According to today’s report on the job market, ‘the construction sector was among the hardest-hit parts of the economy, losing 43,000 jobs’ in June.

Note: Because the Inland Empire is a center of California’s booming logistics industry -- which includes warehousing -- it’s likely that these trailers reflect a construction slowdown far beyond the I.E.

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Photo: Sandler O’Neill & Partners