- Chart 2: Recent Cyclical Job Losses in the Industrial Midwest Have Proven To Be Long-Lived

Indexed Total Employment, Seasonally Adjusted Prior Peak = 100
Quarters Since Peak	1979 - 1986	1990 - 1992	2000 - 2007	2007 - 2008
0	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
1	99.95	99.50	99.93	100.02
2	99.47	98.91	99.87	100.00
3	99.18	98.72	99.48	99.82
4	97.32	98.93	99.02	99.39
5	96.03	99.07	98.33	98.98
6	96.57	99.22	97.55	97.94
7	96.40	99.86	97.25
8	96.07	100.24	97.11
9	95.75	100.69	97.17
10	94.91		97.02
11	93.53		96.59
12	92.60		96.31
13	91.71		96.18
14	90.65		96.34
15	90.64		96.40
16	91.22		96.69
17	92.25		96.87
18	93.25		97.14
19	94.50		97.11
20	95.37		97.44
21	96.24		97.68
22	96.93		97.82
23	97.54		98.05
24	98.13		98.02
25	98.51		97.96
26	98.91		98.02
27	99.28		98.14
28	99.67
29	100.20
30	100.95
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (Haver Analytics).