Temporary help job losses over 3 contractions 
(Percent change since total nonfarm employment peak) 


	   		  Percent change since total nonfarm employment peak
				
Number of Months           June 1990      February 2001      December 2007	
after Employment Peak	

          -5		      -0.6		4.7		   0.0		
	  -4		       0.0		4.0		  -0.8		
	  -3		       0.5		4.4		  -2.1		
	  -2		      -0.1		2.4		  -0.6		
	  -1		      -0.2		1.4		  -0.7		
	   0		       0.0		0.0		   0.0		
	   1		       0.1	       -1.8		  -1.0		
	   2		      -0.4	       -5.1		  -2.4		
	   3		       0.0	       -5.8		  -3.7		
	   4		      -1.9	       -7.5		  -4.6		
	   5		      -2.4	       -8.1		  -6.1		
	   6		      -3.0	       -9.1		  -7.7		
	   7		      -1.9	      -10.9		  -9.1		
	   8		      -3.3	      -12.4		 -10.9
	   9		      -4.1	      -14.6		 -12.4
	  10		      -4.4	      -15.1		 -14.1
	  11		      -4.6	      -15.0		 -17.6
	  12		      -4.3	      -14.5		 -20.5
	  13		      -4.6	      -13.4	
	  14		      -3.7	      -12.5	
	  15		      -2.9	      -12.2	
	  16		      -2.6	      -12.1	
	  17		      -2.6	      -12.9	
	  18		      -1.9	      -11.7	
	  19		      -1.1	      -12.9	
	  20		      -0.5	      -13.1	
	  21		       0.6	      -13.6	
	  22		       1.7	      -14.0	
	  23		       3.0	      -13.3	
	  24		       3.8	      -13.8