A Couple of Interesting Charts

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Originally Posted by d-ray657

The DOL has all sorts of interesting data concerning economic conditions. I found one interesting data chart here, showing that the productivity of the American workforce took huge leaps in the second and third quarters of 2009. It looks to me like employers are putting more and more on existing employees rather than hiring additional workers to fulfill needs. This could be an indicator that there will be a point in the near future where there will be breakthrough in job creation. There's always room for hope.

Regards,

D-Ray

I heard this and it is a good sign. As DRay states, this number is at first indicative of doing more with fewer employees. However, if that "more" persists, they eventually hire new employees. However, the employers will need to have some confidence that the economic turnaround is actually upon us before doing so.