Employment Data Charted FRB of Cleveland Economic Trends January 2006 <A HREF="http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/ET2006/0106/trends.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/ET2006/0106/trends.pdf</A> This is the worst jobs creation recovery since WWII ended <img src=http://bigpicture.typepad.com/./photos/uncategorized/percent_change_from_prior_peak_cfr_106.PNG> Various Unemployment Measures (note that the full measure of U-6 is 8.75%) <img src=http://bigpicture.typepad.com/./photos/uncategorized/alt_unemploy_rate_cfr_106.PNG> How has Labor Participation Rate changed since 2000? <img src=http://bigpicture.typepad.com/./photos/uncategorized/nilf_unemploy_cfr_106.PNG> Who's dropping out of the Job Market by age? <img src=http://bigpicture.typepad.com/./photos/uncategorized/change_labor_force_participation_cfr_106.PNG> Employment Ratio (Civilian Population) <img src=http://bigpicture.typepad.com/./photos/uncategorized/employment_pop_ratio_cfr_106.PNG>