Report notes jobs growth for US plastics sector

摘要

A NEW report says that chemical industry has become "a key driver of economic growth" this decade and that job growth in the chemical and plastics industries has given the economy a boost. "The [chemical] industry surge this decade in investment, jobs, and incomes has been largely spurred by low natural gas prices [which is] a result of the rapid incorporation of new drilling techniques.to extract shale and other unconventional gas supplies in the US," said the economic report prepared by information research firm IHS Global Insight Inc. for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and its councils on Metro Economies and the New American City.