The New York times has a really interesting interactive graphic today about unemployment trends and how they relate to the end of past recessions.
Unemployment rose to 8.9% in April 2009, but this was actually better than expected and has some economists wondering if the slowing pace of new job losses means we’re seeing the beginning signs of recovery.
They point out that April’s hiring was boosted by the government hiring of census takers, and that private hiring actually decreased a bit.
Click here to read the article, and definitely click here to see the interactive graphic, it’s worth a look.
