Mass layoff events, seasonally adjusted, 
January 2001-September 2008


Jan-01	 1,288 	
Feb-01	 1,912 	
Mar-01	 1,761 	
Apr-01	 1,622 	
May-01	 1,676 	
Jun-01	 1,608 	
Jul-01	 1,710 	
Aug-01	 1,732 	
Sep-01	 2,407 	
Oct-01	 2,177 	
Nov-01	 2,104 	
Dec-01	 1,824 	
Jan-02	 1,841 	
Feb-02	 1,823 	
Mar-02	 1,697 	
Apr-02	 1,666 	
May-02	 1,730 	
Jun-02	 1,632 	
Jul-02	 1,632 	
Aug-02	 1,468 	
Sep-02	 1,918 	
Oct-02	 1,749 	
Nov-02	 1,651 	
Dec-02	 1,834 	
Jan-03	 1,336 	
Feb-03	 1,831 	
Mar-03	 1,784 	
Apr-03	 1,702 	
May-03	 1,744 	
Jun-03	 1,726 
Jul-03	 1,661 
Aug-03	 1,546 
Sep-03	 1,571 
Oct-03	 1,525 
Nov-03	 1,370 
Dec-03	 1,395 
Jan-04	 1,413 
Feb-04	 1,300 
Mar-04	 1,364 
Apr-04	 1,360 
May-04	 1,224 
Jun-04	 1,400 
Jul-04	 1,329 
Aug-04	 1,426 
Sep-04	 1,285 
Oct-04	 1,283 
Nov-04	 1,320 
Dec-04	 1,148 
Jan-05	 1,475 
Feb-05	 1,146 
Mar-05	 1,207 
Apr-05	 1,252 
May-05	 1,248 
Jun-05	 1,196 
Jul-05	 1,250 
Aug-05	 1,144 
Sep-05	 2,248 
Oct-05	 1,101 
Nov-05	 1,176 
Dec-05	 1,261 
Jan-06	 1,107 
Feb-06	 1,031 
Mar-06	 1,084 
Apr-06	 1,171 
May-06	 1,124 
Jun-06	 1,146 
Jul-06	 1,179 
Aug-06	 1,270 
Sep-06	 1,173 
Oct-06	 1,191 
Nov-06	 1,232 
Dec-06	 1,194 
Jan-07	 1,254 
Feb-07	 1,352 
Mar-07	 1,277 
Apr-07	 1,243 
May-07	 1,199 
Jun-07	 1,238 
Jul-07	 1,247 
Aug-07	 1,228 
Sep-07	 1,307 
Oct-07	 1,347 
Nov-07	 1,329 
Dec-07	 1,433 
Jan-08	 1,438 
Feb-08	 1,672 
Mar-08	 1,571 
Apr-08	 1,308 
May-08	 1,626 
Jun-08	 1,643 
Jul-08	 1,512 
Aug-08	 1,772 
Sep-08	 2,269