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Employment and Unemployment: December 2008

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Fig 1: Employment growth
Employment growth for year to  Quarterly % Change Annual % Change
Dec-98 -0.2 -0.7
Mar-99 1.1 0.6
Jun-99 0.3 1.4
Sep-99 0.2 1.5
Dec-99 1.1 2.8
Mar-00 -0.2 1.4
Jun-00 0.0 1.1
Sep-00 1.3 2.2
Dec-00 0.9 2.1
Mar-01 0.1 2.3
Jun-01 0.9 3.3
Sep-01 0.3 2.2
Dec-01 1.1 2.3
Mar-02 1.2 3.5
Jun-02 0.4 3.0
Sep-02 -0.1 2.7
Dec-02 0.7 2.3
Mar-03 0.4 1.5
Jun-03 0.8 1.8
Sep-03 1.2 3.1
Dec-03 0.3 2.6
Mar-04 0.9 3.2
Jun-04 0.7 3.0
Sep-04 1.0 2.9
Dec-04 1.7 4.4
Mar-05 0.0 3.4
Jun-05 0.2 2.9
Sep-05 1.3 3.2
Dec-05 0.1 1.6
Mar-06 1.0 2.6
Jun-06 0.6 3.0
Sep-06 -0.2 1.5
Dec-06 0.1 1.4
Mar-07 1.4 1.8
Jun-07 0.2 1.5
Sep-07 -0.1 1.6
Dec-07 1.0 2.5
Mar-08 -1.3 -0.2
Jun-08 1.2 0.7
Sep-08 0.1 1.0
Dec-08 0.9 0.9

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