Civilian Employment - Quarterly Change

The following chart shows the quarterly change in the quarterly average of civilian employment.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEILaDnc4-0zicgfJ2-pTzBofelHHnS5ucu6XvMZTQfm3eR6TEXq91oAFqaZIK3cl6_AYG-iTAYyyjPG_FAdngxKcs6q8ou43jyI3GR5ZCcUrSqafaf3J4FjXgGewaHjcYkrbzi7PW6Z4/s1600/Civilian+Employment+-+Quarterly+Change.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEILaDnc4-0zicgfJ2-pTzBofelHHnS5ucu6XvMZTQfm3eR6TEXq91oAFqaZIK3cl6_AYG-iTAYyyjPG_FAdngxKcs6q8ou43jyI3GR5ZCcUrSqafaf3J4FjXgGewaHjcYkrbzi7PW6Z4/s320/Civilian+Employment+-+Quarterly+Change.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />The blue parabolic trend line uses all of the data points.<br />The red parabolic trend line uses select low data points in red.<br /><br />I say we just blame the trends on cold weather and problems in emerging markets. What's the worst that could happen?<br /><br />Risk on, baby! Risk on!<br /><br />This is not investment advice.<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/09/trend-line-disclaimer-time.html">Trend Line Disclaimer</a><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2010/06/sarcasm-disclaimer.html">Sarcasm Disclaimer</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rIe">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Civilian Employment - Quarterly Change

The following chart shows the quarterly change in the quarterly average of civilian employment. Click to enlarge. The blue parabolic trend l...

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