Number of separations due to extended mass layoffs, 1997-2008


1997	   947,843 		
1998	   991,245 		
1999	   901,451 		
2000	   915,962 		
2001	 1,524,832 		
2002	 1,272,331 		
2003	 1,216,886 		
2004	   993,909 		
2005	   884,661 		
2006	   935,969 		
2007	   965,935 		
2008	 1,383,553 		
			
Data for 2008 are preliminary.