I liked these charts and the first 2 certainly seemed reasonable based on what I had read but I had my doubts about the third chart on employment. So I looked closer and saw it only covered the interval from January 2008 to present. Then I went to the BLS website and found the numbers and calculated the differences and sure enough the chart was correct.
For those who want to check the numbers the BLS Series Id is CES0500000001. It covers total private employment (Seasonally Adjusted).
I liked these charts and the first 2 certainly seemed reasonable based on what I had read but I had my doubts about the third chart on employment. So I looked closer and saw it only covered the interval from January 2008 to present. Then I went to the BLS website and found the numbers and calculated the differences and sure enough the chart was correct.
For those who want to check the numbers the BLS Series Id is CES0500000001. It covers total private employment (Seasonally Adjusted).