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August 15, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Extended mass layoff events, second quarter 2011

Extended mass layoff events, first quarter 2008–second quarter 2011
Quarter Layoff events

January-March 2008

1,340

April-June 2008

1,756

July-September 2008

1,581

October-December 2008

3,582

January-March 2009

3,979

April-June 2009

3,395

July-September 2009

2,034

October-December 2009

2,416

January-March 2010

1,870

April-June 2010

2,008

July-September 2010

1,370

October-December 2010

1,999

January-March 2011

1,490

April-June 2011

1,624

These data are featured in the TED article, Extended mass layoff events, second quarter 2011.

 

 

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