Since May, more than a million workers have left the labor force, which has essentially stagnated since November 2007, notes Miller Tabak economic strategist Dan Greenhaus.

Miller Tabak经济策略师格林豪斯(Dan Greenhaus)指出， 5月以来，逾100万人脱离了劳动大军，而劳动力规模自2007年11月以来就基本上处于停滞状态。

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But Dan Greenhaus, managing director at BTIG, was hopeful of an improvement later in the year.

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Greenhaus said he wouldn't be surprised if construction starts topped 1 million for 2013.

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"What we're seeing is that people see there are more jobs around, " said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG.

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