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Which businesses and industries are most important to the economy of the eastern United States today

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Answer: Manufacturing, 12%

Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing, 20%

Professional and business services, 12%

Educational services, health care, and social services, 8%.

Dec 11, 2014

Explanation:

U.S. manufacturing had gross output of $5.9 trillion in 2013, more than one-third (35.4 percent) of U.S. GDP in 2013. Manufacturing is by far the most important sector of the U.S. economy in terms of total output and employment.

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Service Industries, Insurance companies, and computing technology
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