Craziest Monetary God Dam Design Ever!

The following chart shows construction and manufacturing payrolls as a fraction of nonfarm payrolls.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHo_y7EZ9dUZ4zyoHNs3Y96FdnF3pe8PaRd6PLtxTx2slWSAY4hjm05cxcx1ZN6HaOjH1InjP1bmDBTV18pdOrNOiwiyRnZPeZ1dR9RkGpSBNfjrO2k50mof0muo2p6VIuf6yBSHo4U8/s1600/Construction+and+Manufacturing+Employment.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHo_y7EZ9dUZ4zyoHNs3Y96FdnF3pe8PaRd6PLtxTx2slWSAY4hjm05cxcx1ZN6HaOjH1InjP1bmDBTV18pdOrNOiwiyRnZPeZ1dR9RkGpSBNfjrO2k50mof0muo2p6VIuf6yBSHo4U8/s320/Construction+and+Manufacturing+Employment.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />That sure looks like a fish ladder to me. The only difference is that the fish aren't supposed to be heading downstream. Down 19% and <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qRZ">temporarily holding</a>!<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_ladder">Fish Ladder</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: red;">The velocity of water falling over the steps</span> has to be great enough to attract the fish to the ladder, but it <span style="color: red;">cannot be so great that it washes fish back downstream or exhausts them to the point of inability to continue their journey upriver</span>.</i></div><br />Oh oh. Sounds like a faulty dam. What went wrong?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hDbBBLRDVS8hAO72fi6MYP3-ZXGCHw4Wa5RQnFI6RDfhg3Wd6iEKTZZ6RJ1v2lpJRTBLowrZor2glIOW7AHU1WHhyphenhyphenprpbkJ9JLQ0hh7ziqmtr4nCjlTPC72J25zh9Xeg-Whf6U59-Dg/s1600/Monetary+Base.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hDbBBLRDVS8hAO72fi6MYP3-ZXGCHw4Wa5RQnFI6RDfhg3Wd6iEKTZZ6RJ1v2lpJRTBLowrZor2glIOW7AHU1WHhyphenhyphenprpbkJ9JLQ0hh7ziqmtr4nCjlTPC72J25zh9Xeg-Whf6U59-Dg/s320/Monetary+Base.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Craziest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke">monetary god</a> <a href="http://www.entura.com.au/water-management-infrastructure-consultancy/dam-design-construction-services/dam-design-and-construction">dam design</a> ever! That's what! Who in their right mind would put the monetary floodgate below the fish ladder?<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bcYppAs6ZdI" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />I said in the past that some posts are mostly for the puns. How could I pass up this post's title once it got stuck in my head? Hahaha! Sigh. I sigh because the data is ugly, especially over the long-term. Gallows humor can't fix that.<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-recovery.html">The "Recovery"</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qRY">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qS0">St. Louis Fed: Monetary Base</a>

Craziest Monetary God Dam Design Ever!

The following chart shows construction and manufacturing payrolls as a fraction of nonfarm payrolls. Click to enlarge. That sure looks like ...

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