Diffusion of employment change over 1-month span, seasonally adjusted, 
February 2000-February 2001

			
	Diffusion indexes of employment change over 1-month span		
	
		Total private	Manufacturing	

Feb-00		54.1		47.8	
Mar-00		60.7		51.1	
Apr-00		56.5		51.1	
May-00		45.9		45.7	
Jun-00		56.2		51.1	
Jul-00		58.7		57.6	
Aug-00		51.4		36.3	
Sep-00		53.7		38.8	
Oct-00		55.2		45.7	
Nov-00		50.6		42.8	
Dec-00		53.4		40.6	
Jan-01		52.1		38.5	
Feb-01		47.2		28.1

Data for January and February 2001 are preliminary.