Tag: job losses

Watch This: Long term unemployment, 1967-2011

By: Kate Richey
December 1, 2011 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This animated graph, produced by the TellTaleChart, illustrates the unprecedented spike in long-term unemployment during and after the Great Recession.  The current median duration of unemployment (or weeks out of work) represents a dramatic departure from decades of unemployment trends. … Read more [More...]

Chart of the Day: Economy has lost over 9 million full-time, year-round jobs

By: David Blatt
September 28, 2010 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Today the U.S. Census Bureau will release a new set of income, poverty and health insurance data based on the American Community Survey. This survey is the one recommended for state-level analysis, and we will be analyzing its data carefully… Read more [More...]

More stories from the recession

By: David Blatt
July 2, 2009 // Updated: May 2, 2019
As the worst recession in a quarter-century continues to unfold, insightful and moving stories of its impact on individuals, families, communities, and organizations are appearing regularly in the media. Periodically, we are using this space to call attention to notable… Read more [More...]