The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever Is Now Really Scary Again
The recovery has stalled. The patient has flatlined.
(Calculated Risk should get credit, independent of tumblr’s credit system. We just like clusterstock’s caption)
The record-breaking trend not worth celebrating.
This is going to get worse in the next few months.
(via zero hedge)
Allow me to re-insert the inflammatory ”Market Celebrates Just Announced Record Foodstamp Usage By Closing At 2010 Highs.”
I need a drink.
Doomier headline deserves respect!
Our favorite Chart o’ Doom, now aligned at bottom.
(Percent Job Losses in Post WWII Recessions, via CalculatedRisk. Those who like the old view: look here.)
Our favorite Chart o’ Doom is back to proper Doom levels.
(via CalculatedRisk)
Cumulative bank failures in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
— Barry Ritholtz in Bank Cash Assets, Failure, Trends | The Big Picture
When will New Jersey’s public pension fund go bankrupt?
(via Pension Pulse: No Garden-Variety Public Pension Crisis?)
This is starting to look like a proper Chart o’ Doom again. Including the census, we’re turning down again. Excluding the census, our recovery wasn’t too hot even with trillions of dollars spent on the problem.
(via CalculatedRisk)
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(via Motorcycle Insurance)
“We’ve dubbed this chart the “Scariest Job Chart Ever,” as it shows how the decline in employment is WAY uglier than in past recessions.
Calculated Risk has updated it with the latest numbers from this morning, and now it looks even scarier.
Why?
Check out the two red lines at the bottom. The solid one includes Census hiring, while the dotted line doesn’t include it.
What’s clear is that while we still have a rebound including Census hiring, we’re already flattening out on the dotted line. This is a shape not seen on the other lines. suggesting that the fall is extremely deep, and the recovery is shallow.”
CHART OF THE DAY: The Scariest Job Chart Ever Just Got Even Scarier
