Important News - Dec. 05

……………..New Economic numbers/graphs  from the St. Louis Fed…………………….

• 1) DMANEMP, All Employees: Durable Goods Manufacturing

Last Updated: 2009-12-04 10:31 AM CST

• 2) UEMP15OV, Civilians Unemployed - 15 Weeks & Over (Look at how big the number is on this one)

Last Updated: 2009-12-04 10:31 AM CST

• 3) USCONS, All Employees: Construction

(Number is lower again)

• 4) USGOOD, All Employees: Goods-Producing Industries

(Lower again)

• 5) USGOVT, All Employees: Government

(Notice that while manufacturing and construction employment numbers continue down, life is still good if you work for the government)

• 6) USINFO, All Employees: Information Services

(Down again)

• 7) NDMANEMP, All Employees: Nondurable Goods Manufacturing

(Worst graph of all of them)

• UEMPMEAN, Average (Mean) Duration of Unemployment

(Highest number on record)

• 9) AWHNONAG, Average Weekly Hours: Total Private Industries

(Notice the trend)

• 10) Series: EMRATIO, Civilian Employment-Population Ratio

(Again, notice the trend)

• 11) CIVPART, Civilian Participation Rate

(Trending down starting in the mid/late 1990s)

• 12) UEMP27OV, Civilians Unemployed for 27 Weeks and Over

(Look at this graph! New record by a mile)

• 13) UNRATE, Civilian Unemployment Rate

(At 10.0% this graph shows it still being a little ower than in 1980)

• 14) MANEMP, Employees on Nonfarm Payrolls: Manufacturing

(Look at this graph. Do we make anything here anymore?)

• 15) UEMPMED, Median Duration of Unemployment

(New record..and not by just a little)

• 16) Series: UNEMPLOY, Unemployed