Also, you can eliminate the whole seasonal adjustment nonsense simply by looking at the percent change year over year in the non seasonally adjusted number, since if you do this you're always comparing apples to apples.
Did it here, for total private employment: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=CEU0500000001
Data from that graph below, starting in Aug 2010, when it went above zero. Notice the steady improvement right up into this report.
Did it here, for total private employment: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?id=CEU0500000001
Data from that graph below, starting in Aug 2010, when it went above zero. Notice the steady improvement right up into this report.
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2010-08-01 0.1
2010-09-01 0.3
2010-10-01 0.7
2010-11-01 0.9
2010-12-01 1.2
2011-01-01 1.2
2011-02-01 1.6
2011-03-01 1.7
2011-04-01 1.8
2011-05-01 1.8
2011-06-01 1.9
2011-07-01 1.8
2011-08-01 1.8
2011-09-01 1.9
2011-10-01 1.8
2011-11-01 1.8
2011-12-01 1.9
2012-01-01 2.1
2012-02-01 2.1