Any reading below 50 signals contraction of the service sector, and July's reading was the tenth consecutive month of decline.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

Continued improvement in American manufacturing was offset by further signs of weakness in the service sector.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

The U.S.service sector is closely-watched, as it accounts for roughly 80 percent of U.S.economic output.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

He says there have been large increases in the last five years in the trafficking of men and boys to work in the agricultural, construction,fishing and domestic service sector.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

It also recommends a coordinated climate adaptation research program and a national climate service to better inform all levels of government, the private sector, and the general public, about what climate change will mean for them.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14