Reading Comprehension (RC) | Re: Whereas United States economic productivity grew at an annual rate of

1)You need to look at the entire passage in order to be able to answer any question as it would put the highlighted parts in context. Just to summarise, let's consider the below points:
1. Economic growth in the US has been sluggish
2. Manufacturing employs only 19.1% American workers whereas services employ 70% of the American workers
3. Productivity has grown in the manufacturing sector whereas it has shown a decline in services
4. Several possible arguments to showcase why manufacturing