05-25-2009, 11:36 AM
After a brief and mild reprieve, the number of Federally mandated reportable mass layoffs, involving more than 50 workers under a single employment entity, has sharply increased once again:
![[Image: BLS_masslayoff.jpg]](http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa137/videopro_photo/finance/BLS_masslayoff.jpg)
The data above is validated by sustained high new and continuing unemployment claims as seen in the chart below:
![[Image: BLS_UI-initial.jpg]](http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa137/videopro_photo/finance/BLS_UI-initial.jpg)
Employment levels have always and will continue to be a main driver of economic deceleration. Despite trillions of dollars of bailout and stimulus money thrown at the problem, the economic plunge has barely been hindered as a result and now appears to be resuming it's steep decline.
![[Image: BLS_masslayoff.jpg]](http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa137/videopro_photo/finance/BLS_masslayoff.jpg)
The data above is validated by sustained high new and continuing unemployment claims as seen in the chart below:
![[Image: BLS_UI-initial.jpg]](http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa137/videopro_photo/finance/BLS_UI-initial.jpg)
Employment levels have always and will continue to be a main driver of economic deceleration. Despite trillions of dollars of bailout and stimulus money thrown at the problem, the economic plunge has barely been hindered as a result and now appears to be resuming it's steep decline.