Friday, January 24, 2014

Employment Hump Déjà Vu (Musical Tribute)

The following chart shows the annual change in the annual average of the aggregate weekly hours worked by production and nonsupervisory private service-providing employees.


Click to enlarge.

I'm just doing my part to keep you "abreast" of recent developments!



Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart
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10 comments:

  1. Mr SlipperyJanuary 24, 2014 at 6:52 AM

    Guess what day it is? Mike, Mike, Mike, what day is it?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs5QJi-dX-4

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  2. Stagflationary MarkJanuary 24, 2014 at 6:58 AM

    Hahaha! Nice remix! :)

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  3. Cinco-XJanuary 24, 2014 at 9:02 AM

    Yes...very funny. Thanks for the great work Mark.

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  4. mabJanuary 24, 2014 at 9:06 AM

    Maybe the future is so bright we don't need jobs.

    If so, will we still have hump day?

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  5. Stagflationary MarkJanuary 24, 2014 at 9:08 AM

    Cinco-X,

    I'm glad you enjoyed it. What can I say? I love puns. :)

    I just wish we could get a similarly good laugh out of the raw data itself and what it may mean to the many people employed in our service economy. Sigh.

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  6. Stagflationary MarkJanuary 24, 2014 at 9:16 AM

    mab,

    If everyone is "gets laid" off then hump day can be every day!

    Um, oops. Why did I put quotes around that? Makes no sense.

    Perhaps Freudian "slips" were involved.

    Oops. I did it again.

    I gotta stop listening to Fergie. ;)

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  7. mabJanuary 24, 2014 at 10:41 AM

    Oops. I did it again.

    Somebody needs to take away the pun(ch) bowl.

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  8. Stagflationary MarkJanuary 24, 2014 at 12:20 PM

    mab,

    Based on current stock market activity, there are plenty of pun(ching) bag holders!

    Badum (pun)Ching! ;)

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  9. mabJanuary 24, 2014 at 1:20 PM

    I'm just grateful you didn't drop a "rear" view mirror pun on me.

    Or a "behind" the "eight balls" variant.

    Anyhow, we can all get Laid live on TV!

    Who says white people can't dance?

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  10. Stagflationary MarkJanuary 24, 2014 at 2:02 PM

    mab,

    Hahaha!

    I'm just grateful you didn't drop a "rear" view mirror pun on me.

    There's nothing but polite "intercourse" here let me assure you. As much as I "love making" puns, I do have my limits. ;)

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