Wow, look at this data on unemployment claims and nonfarm employment

[ProSense]

http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/dol/day-icusa

October 1, 2009

Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance, 1997-2009

Monthly averages *

1997 01 ( 339,000)
1997 02 ( 320,750)
1997 03 ( 319,400)
1997 04 ( 327,000)
1997 05 ( 323,800)
1997 06 ( 325,500)
1997 07 ( 320,250)
1997 08 ( 330,200)
1997 09 ( 315,250)
1997 10 ( 310,000)
1997 11 ( 314,600)
1997 12 ( 313,250)

1998 01 ( 321,200)
1998 02 ( 319,000)
1998 03 ( 315,000)
1998 04 ( 311,000)
1998 05 ( 311,200)
1998 06 ( 338,000)
1998 07 ( 333,000)
1998 08 ( 312,600)
1998 09 ( 304,000)
1998 10 ( 310,600)
1998 11 ( 316,000)
1998 12 ( 316,000)

1999 01 ( 326,200)
1999 02 ( 301,500)
1999 03 ( 302,750)
1999 04 ( 308,500)
1999 05 ( 301,600)
1999 06 ( 294,000)
1999 07 ( 298,000)
1999 08 ( 290,750)
1999 09 ( 289,500)
1999 10 ( 290,400)
1999 11 ( 281,750)
1999 12 ( 278,500)

2000 01 ( 288,400)
2000 02 ( 293,750)
2000 03 ( 274,750)
2000 04 ( 271,600)
2000 05 ( 282,250)
2000 06 ( 291,000)
2000 07 ( 295,000)
2000 08 ( 312,750)
2000 09 ( 300,200)
2000 10 ( 301,000)
2000 11 ( 334,250)
2000 12 ( 346,000)

2001 01 ( 340,000) Bush
2001 02 ( 371,250)
2001 03 ( 387,200) Recession begins
2001 04 ( 396,750)
2001 05 ( 394,500)
2001 06 ( 397,200)
2001 07 ( 398,000)
2001 08 ( 398,000)
2001 09 ( 435,000)
2001 10 ( 480,750)
2001 11 ( 447,500) Recession ends
2001 12 ( 416,800)

2002 01 ( 407,500)
2002 02 ( 399,500)
2002 03 ( 415,600)
2002 04 ( 430,000)
2002 05 ( 412,750)
2002 06 ( 386,600)
2002 07 ( 386,250)
2002 08 ( 393,800)
2002 09 ( 409,000)
2002 10 ( 406,500)
2002 11 ( 392,600)
2002 12 ( 413,250)

2003 01 ( 392,250)
2003 02 ( 415,250)
2003 03 ( 430,200)
2003 04 ( 440,000)
2003 05 ( 428,000)
2003 06 ( 421,750)
2003 07 ( 410,250)
2003 08 ( 400,400)
2003 09 ( 393,250)
2003 10 ( 379,750)
2003 11 ( 363,000)
2003 12 ( 356,750)

2004 01 ( 357,400)
2004 02 ( 368,750)
2004 03 ( 347,500)
2004 04 ( 353,500)
2004 05 ( 341,400)
2004 06 ( 348,750)
2004 07 ( 340,400)
2004 08 ( 340,750)
2004 09 ( 335,250)
2004 10 ( 331,200)
2004 11 ( 328,750)
2004 12 ( 323,500)

2005 01 ( 336,400)
2005 02 ( 322,250)
2005 03 ( 341,250)
2005 04 ( 332,200)
2005 05 ( 335,250)
2005 06 ( 326,000)
2005 07 ( 320,800)
2005 08 ( 317,250)
2005 09 ( 379,750)
2005 10 ( 347,000)
2005 11 ( 315,500)
2005 12 ( 311,600)

2006 01 ( 286,000)
2006 02 ( 298,250)
2006 03 ( 308,250)
2006 04 ( 312,000)
2006 05 ( 333,500)
2006 06 ( 306,000)
2006 07 ( 312,800)
2006 08 ( 318,000)
2006 09 ( 313,800)
2006 10 ( 311,500)
2006 11 ( 325,250)
2006 12 ( 318,000)

2007 01 ( 305,000)
2007 02 ( 335,250)
2007 03 ( 319,000)
2007 04 ( 328,750)
2007 05 ( 304,000)
2007 06 ( 317,800)
2007 07 ( 306,000)
2007 08 ( 325,250)
2007 09 ( 313,600)
2007 10 ( 327,500)
2007 11 ( 335,500)
2007 12 ( 342,400) Recession begins

2008 01 ( 326,500)
2008 02 ( 360,750)
2008 03 ( 370,400)
2008 04 ( 364,250)
2008 05 ( 368,800)
2008 06 ( 390,500)
2008 07 ( 393,000)
2008 08 ( 443,200)
2008 09 ( 474,500)
2008 10 ( 477,000)
2008 11 ( 517,800)
2008 12 ( 552,750)

2009 01 ( 560,800) Obama
2009 02 ( 643,250)
2009 03 ( 658,000)
2009 04 ( 638,250)
2009 05 ( 626,800)
2009 06 ( 616,000)
2009 07 ( 560,250)
2009 08 ( 569,000)
2009 09 ( 548,750)
2009 10 ( 526,250)

* Seasonally adjusted

Found here




http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cesbtab1.htm

November 7, 2009

Total Nonfarm Employment, 2007-2009

Monthly Change (Thousands) *

2007

Jan ( 180)
Feb ( 36)
Mar ( 184)
Apr ( 35)
May ( 156)
Jun ( 54)
Jul (- 65)
Aug (- 28)
Sep ( 100)
Oct ( 165)
Nov ( 215)
Dec ( 120) Recession begins

2008

Jan (- 72)
Feb (- 144)
Mar (- 122)
Apr (- 160)
May (- 137)
Jun (- 161)
Jul (- 128)
Aug (- 175)
Sep (- 321)
Oct (- 380)
Nov (- 597)
Dec (- 681)

2009

Jan (- 741) Obama
Feb (- 681)
Mar (- 652)
Apr (- 519)
May (- 303)
Jun (- 463)
Jul (- 304)
Aug (- 201)
Sep (- 263)

* Establishment data, seasonally adjusted.

Found here

[merh]

1. How is it those numbers don't reflect the Katrina unemployed?

Look at September 05 forward - there is no way that those numbers can be correct. I was unemployed for months. Others were unemployed for longer.

[DrToast]

2. It does. You can see a spike to around 379K in 2005

Remember, this is a list of initial unemployment claims, not continuing claims.

[merh]

4. thank you for the explanation

[Honeycombe8]

3. I thought it would worse than that. Heard today that unemployment is around 700,000

lost jobs per month, and has been that all year. But maybe they don't all qualify to file claims.

[Cha]

5. kr

[Canuckistanian]

6. It would be nice to see a chart of those numbers

I'd do it myself, but it's late.