Peak Covered Employment per Capita

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdXg_OiZCQKqYuWKgAGZSFAZKnXEsN8D8lEgtE8Vd0a2ME4p5wPq5j7IQLqidi40GBSkA2lsYj3lPJoDftJoRz_X7l6fl6YsK6VXo8YxiXD5X23dcvxHnbImxycfTACm4IHM8qxiqECQ/s1600/Covered+Employment+per+Capita.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdXg_OiZCQKqYuWKgAGZSFAZKnXEsN8D8lEgtE8Vd0a2ME4p5wPq5j7IQLqidi40GBSkA2lsYj3lPJoDftJoRz_X7l6fl6YsK6VXo8YxiXD5X23dcvxHnbImxycfTACm4IHM8qxiqECQ/s320/Covered+Employment+per+Capita.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />How can any rational person look at that chart and only see <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/optimism">the best possible outcome</a>?<br /><br />As a side note, we're currently being pulled down and away from the long-term parabolic trend by the 41% reading in July.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b><br /><br />Here's a chart of the raw data so you can see where we currently are relative to the long-term trend.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QK6YrZLR6aLOOxlWrLB9j8UZpUay9PVkJNGKzoz8RjVzPURWsA6s74Q6fnG8NEu9as1lrO34lCu2jopjsKwY3em3Df0ByPEOg4_wW9OBclpRjOwSwSFD45ZUmApZGh7SuGy9InDd564/s1600/Covered+Employment+per+Capita+v.2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QK6YrZLR6aLOOxlWrLB9j8UZpUay9PVkJNGKzoz8RjVzPURWsA6s74Q6fnG8NEu9as1lrO34lCu2jopjsKwY3em3Df0ByPEOg4_wW9OBclpRjOwSwSFD45ZUmApZGh7SuGy9InDd564/s320/Covered+Employment+per+Capita+v.2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=mBx">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Peak Covered Employment per Capita

Click to enlarge. How can any rational person look at that chart and only see the best possible outcome ? As a side note, we're currentl...

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