August 13, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Extended mass layoffs in the second quarter of 2009

Extended mass layoff events in the private nonfarm economy, 2nd quarter of each year, 1995-2009
Year	Events
1995 II	1426
1996 II	1130
1997 II	1303
1998 II	1333
1999 II	1194
2000 II	1055
2001 II	1828
2002 II	1624
2003 II	1799
2004 II	1358
2005 II	1203
2006 II	1353
2007 II	1421
2008 II	1756
2009 II (p)	2994
Footnotes: (p) The second quarter 2009 figure is preliminary.

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