Collection Agency Employment

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory collection agency employee minutes worked per capita.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIL1uL4BZpk-qXKoJ8yqVIv_u0QuTgFz6YNUf6QPcqKmwcoC8RQI4_4WfhdfiZ-1P5XM2Q9xonezKdVSBim15CUG-ejcIecnNPvKKoWgPKc1B_PdVoJXjnVsYPNSJIeDZ_XJ5ZI4b1qE/s1600/Collection+Agency+Employment.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIL1uL4BZpk-qXKoJ8yqVIv_u0QuTgFz6YNUf6QPcqKmwcoC8RQI4_4WfhdfiZ-1P5XM2Q9xonezKdVSBim15CUG-ejcIecnNPvKKoWgPKc1B_PdVoJXjnVsYPNSJIeDZ_XJ5ZI4b1qE/s320/Collection+Agency+Employment.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Optimists might point to this chart as proof that a new age of prosperity is upon us. Collection agencies are no longer needed! Hurray!<br /><br />Pessimists might point to this chart as yet another "sure thing" employment growth story that ended with an exponential trend failure.<br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/squeeze+blood+out+of+a+turnip.html">Idiom: Squeeze blood out of a turnip</a><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>

Collection Agency Employment

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory collection agency employee minutes worked ...

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