Chart of the Day - Job losses are over triple the average trough

The market reacted badly to two days of bad unemployment data. Although the technicals were warning anyway so the news is just that, news. For trading purposes we may want to think that some of the bad new is already baked into the markets; but still, thete can be surprises. Remaining aware of the economic situation is very important. Especially when quantified in ways that help compare against previous economic cycles. So here's "Chart if the Day" with another timely update of how the umployment data comparisons look - see the quote below for their chart and information, from: http://www.chartoftheday.com/20100205.htm:

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Chart of the Day - Job losses are over triple the average trough

February 5, 2010

Today, the Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls (jobs) decreased by 20,000 in January. Today's chart puts that decline into perspective by comparing job losses following the beginning of the current economic recession (solid red line) to that of the last recession (dashed gold line) and the average recession from 1950-1999 (dashed blue line). As today's chart illustrates, the current job market has suffered losses that are more than triple as much as what occurs at the lows of the average recession/job loss cycle. It is also worth noting that 25 months after an average recession/job loss cycle began during the second half of the 20th century, the job market recouped all losses and was already in process of adding new jobs. At the same 25 month mark during the 21st century, the job market was still suffering losses.

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