The Signs of Recovery

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory sign (durable goods) employee minutes worked per capita.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLMLyUr-C7GnjnvLS4zf1onO352DBGo0ZMOftQjmzdQmv-Xd5N_Qt4w7rwe-AiABWvzvcjAn260Inhk4SrKVJ3nypS5YVNPXgBbzgMMpD2U49TjBEUEqFvi-Oc5DdfaVbFRc14OVCMwU/s1600/The+Signs+of+Recovery.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLMLyUr-C7GnjnvLS4zf1onO352DBGo0ZMOftQjmzdQmv-Xd5N_Qt4w7rwe-AiABWvzvcjAn260Inhk4SrKVJ3nypS5YVNPXgBbzgMMpD2U49TjBEUEqFvi-Oc5DdfaVbFRc14OVCMwU/s320/The+Signs+of+Recovery.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />New businesses need signs. Right?<br /><br />The signs aren't looking so good, both short-term and long-term.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b><br /><br />After further review, I noticed that the chart's data was per capita and not per 1,000 people. That's been fixed.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.bls.gov/data/#employment">BLS: Employment</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/POP">St. Louis Fed: Population</a>

The Signs of Recovery

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory sign (durable goods) employee minutes work...

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