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Graph of the Day for February 17, 2010
"[T]his economic downturn is not your garden-variety recession. It is indeed the ‘Great Recession,' and it is far from over." Thomas F. Cooley and Peter Rupert at Forbes.
Source: Thomas F. Cooley and Peter Rupert at Forbes. HT: Power Line.
Hoven's Index for February 17, 2010
Changes in number of jobs in various employment categories, December 2007 to January 2010:
All non-farm: -6.1%
All private industry: -7.4%
Natural resources and mining: -7.8%
Durable goods: -19%
Goods producing: -19%
Construction: -25%
Government: +0.42%
Education and health: +4.3%
Source: St. Louis Fed.
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