Can you spot the recovery? (graph)
from Edward Fullbrook
United States Employment-Population Ratio
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000
Data extracted on: August 2, 2012 (4:39:26 AM)
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USA Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual |
| 2002 |
62.7 |
63.0 |
62.8 |
62.7 |
62.9 |
62.7 |
62.7 |
62.7 |
63.0 |
62.7 |
62.5 |
62.4 |
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| 2003 |
62.5 |
62.5 |
62.4 |
62.4 |
62.3 |
62.3 |
62.1 |
62.1 |
62.0 |
62.1 |
62.3 |
62.2 |
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| 2004 |
62.3 |
62.3 |
62.2 |
62.3 |
62.3 |
62.4 |
62.5 |
62.4 |
62.3 |
62.3 |
62.5 |
62.4 |
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| 2005 |
62.4 |
62.4 |
62.4 |
62.7 |
62.8 |
62.7 |
62.8 |
62.9 |
62.8 |
62.8 |
62.7 |
62.8 |
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| 2006 |
62.9 |
63.0 |
63.1 |
63.0 |
63.1 |
63.1 |
63.0 |
63.1 |
63.1 |
63.3 |
63.3 |
63.4 |
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| 2007 |
63.3 |
63.3 |
63.3 |
63.0 |
63.0 |
63.0 |
62.9 |
62.7 |
62.9 |
62.7 |
62.9 |
62.7 |
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| 2008 |
62.9 |
62.8 |
62.7 |
62.7 |
62.5 |
62.4 |
62.2 |
62.0 |
61.9 |
61.7 |
61.4 |
61.0 |
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| 2009 |
60.6 |
60.3 |
59.9 |
59.8 |
59.6 |
59.4 |
59.3 |
59.1 |
58.7 |
58.5 |
58.5 |
58.2 |
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| 2010 |
58.5 |
58.5 |
58.5 |
58.7 |
58.7 |
58.5 |
58.5 |
58.5 |
58.5 |
58.3 |
58.2 |
58.3 |
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| 2011 |
58.4 |
58.4 |
58.5 |
58.4 |
58.4 |
58.2 |
58.2 |
58.3 |
58.4 |
58.4 |
58.5 |
58.5 |
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| 2012 |
58.5 |
58.6 |
58.5 |
58.4 |
58.6 |
58.6 |
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Series Id: LNS12300000 Seasonally AdjustedSeries title: (Seas) Employment-Population Ratio Labor force status: Employment-population ratio Type of data: Percent or rate Age: 16 years and over
Reblogged this on Mayo Toruño's Study.
The employment / population ratio fell in July to 58.4. That is only .2 off the lowest figure since the beginning of the downturn.