Figure 3. Total private 1-month diffusion index, January 2005–December 2015
Date Index value

Jan 2005

53.6

Feb 2005

62.6

Mar 2005

56.7

Apr 2005

59.2

May 2005

56.7

Jun 2005

56.9

Jul 2005

60.1

Aug 2005

63.2

Sep 2005

53.4

Oct 2005

53.8

Nov 2005

60.7

Dec 2005

56.3

Jan 2006

65.3

Feb 2006

63.9

Mar 2006

67.6

Apr 2006

59.7

May 2006

50.0

Jun 2006

51.0

Jul 2006

57.4

Aug 2006

52.9

Sep 2006

53.8

Oct 2006

54.4

Nov 2006

58.6

Dec 2006

56.5

Jan 2007

62.6

Feb 2007

56.5

Mar 2007

56.7

Apr 2007

52.7

May 2007

56.1

Jun 2007

51.0

Jul 2007

47.9

Aug 2007

44.5

Sep 2007

52.7

Oct 2007

55.7

Nov 2007

55.9

Dec 2007

53.8

Jan 2008

53.4

Feb 2008

47.9

Mar 2008

49.0

Apr 2008

42.7

May 2008

38.9

Jun 2008

34.0

Jul 2008

34.4

Aug 2008

35.1

Sep 2008

28.2

Oct 2008

31.5

Nov 2008

25.2

Dec 2008

21.0

Jan 2009

22.5

Feb 2009

17.9

Mar 2009

17.6

Apr 2009

17.4

May 2009

29.8

Jun 2009

24.0

Jul 2009

28.1

Aug 2009

31.3

Sep 2009

36.3

Oct 2009

28.2

Nov 2009

41.4

Dec 2009

38.7

Jan 2010

44.7

Feb 2010

46.8

Mar 2010

56.1

Apr 2010

62.0

May 2010

54.4

Jun 2010

55.7

Jul 2010

55.5

Aug 2010

56.3

Sep 2010

53.4

Oct 2010

59.5

Nov 2010

54.6

Dec 2010

57.1

Jan 2011

55.2

Feb 2011

69.8

Mar 2011

63.0

Apr 2011

67.6

May 2011

57.4

Jun 2011

61.3

Jul 2011

60.1

Aug 2011

60.7

Sep 2011

63.9

Oct 2011

58.6

Nov 2011

55.9

Dec 2011

64.3

Jan 2012

68.7

Feb 2012

61.6

Mar 2012

68.1

Apr 2012

57.8

May 2012

58.2

Jun 2012

56.1

Jul 2012

54.8

Aug 2012

57.6

Sep 2012

56.9

Oct 2012

58.4

Nov 2012

59.2

Dec 2012

62.6

Jan 2013

61.8

Feb 2013

65.1

Mar 2013

59.9

Apr 2013

55.3

May 2013

60.5

Jun 2013

57.6

Jul 2013

55.7

Aug 2013

63.0

Sep 2013

62.6

Oct 2013

61.8

Nov 2013

67.6

Dec 2013

62.0

Jan 2014

63.2

Feb 2014

61.3

Mar 2014

65.8

Apr 2014

65.8

May 2014

60.9

Jun 2014

64.7

Jul 2014

65.6

Aug 2014

62.4

Sep 2014

63.2

Oct 2014

67.9

Nov 2014

71.2

Dec 2014

65.6

Jan 2015

62.4

Feb 2015

64.1

Mar 2015

55.0

Apr 2015

56.9

May 2015

62.0

Jun 2015

57.8

Jul 2015

63.5

Aug 2015

57.1

Sep 2015

52.9

Oct 2015

59.7

Nov 2015

62.2

Dec 2015

62.0

Source: Current Employment Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.