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Chart of the Day - COTD - Nonfarm Payrolls trend higher but slower than after previous recessions:

http://www.chartoftheday.com/20111007.htm?T

The latest jobs report came out today with the Labor Department reporting that nonfarm payrolls (jobs) increased by 103,000 in September. Today's chart puts the latest data into perspective by comparing nonfarm payrolls following the end of the latest economic recession (i.e. the Great Recession -- solid red line) to that of the prior recession (i.e. 2001 recession -- dashed gold line) to that of the average post-recession from 1954-2000 (dashed blue line). As today's chart illustrates, the current jobs recovery is much weaker than the average jobs recovery that follows the end of a recession. Today's chart also illustrates that the current jobs recovery has been slightly stronger than what occurred following the recession of 2001. However, the already modest upward trend has slowed significantly over the past five months.