As a follow up to my last posting on employment conditions at the state level, I thought a look at Michigan might be of interest to some readers given the debate surrounding the state's auto industry. Take a look at this striking figure of Michigan's NFP employment, where the numbers in the vertical column are in the thousands:
In terms of employment, the recession did not start in 2007 for Michigan but in 2000. Now that has to be some kind of record.