Getting Back to Work
There have been six recessions in the last four decades. How long has it taken workforce size to recover once each recession started?
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Stephen Reader, Steven Melendez, Louise Ma, John Keefe, and Jenny Ye
Updated
Jan. 29, 2014
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Percent difference in non-farm workforce numbers below peak employment by month. (Seasonally adjusted).
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics