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May 18, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Extended mass layoff events in manufacturing, first quarter 2012

Extended mass layoff events and total separations, manufacturing, Quarter I, 1996–Quarter I, 2012
Quarter Total layoff events Total separations

Q01 1996

563 97,071

Q02 1996

391 63,363

Q03 1996

391 73,163

Q04 1996

586 117,187

Q01 1997

417 74,784

Q02 1997

429 83,909

Q03 1997

378 71,461

Q04 1997

493 93,377

Q01 1998

446 67,160

Q02 1998

490 182,234

Q03 1998

524 103,431

Q04 1998

563 116,244

Q01 1999

495 85,660

Q02 1999

383 87,697

Q03 1999

409 90,584

Q04 1999

449 92,171

Q01 2000

465 85,374

Q02 2000

340 59,898

Q03 2000

391 87,036

Q04 2000

638 133,762

Q01 2001

793 150,258

Q02 2001

803 163,545

Q03 2001

722 129,038

Q04 2001

958 185,089

Q01 2002

660 117,202

Q02 2002

486 88,133

Q03 2002

497 106,134

Q04 2002

735 142,565

Q01 2003

567 93,440

Q02 2003

549 104,737

Q03 2003

455 85,977

Q04 2003

532 100,175

Q01 2004

422 65,945

Q02 2004

302 52,255

Q03 2004

304 51,695

Q04 2004

439 84,535

Q01 2005

334 50,832

Q02 2005

269 44,231

Q03 2005

292 56,293

Q04 2005

397 71,710

Q01 2006

301 63,136

Q02 2006

286 59,715

Q03 2006

302 56,928

Q04 2006

479 93,795

Q01 2007

369 68,797

Q02 2007

286 48,619

Q03 2007

269 43,336

Q04 2007

442 80,567

Q01 2008

422 84,318

Q02 2008

382 65,293

Q03 2008

498 95,423

Q04 2008

1,284 238,950

Q01 2009

1,597 276,772

Q02 2009

1,062 194,215

Q03 2009

584 98,243

Q04 2009

592 99,035

Q01 2010

441 60,855

Q02 2010

324 57,728

Q03 2010

265 39,171

Q04 2010

382 66,428

Q01 2011

305 45,511

Q02 2011

263 40,023

Q03 2011

262 45,393

Q04 2011

(p)366 (p)67,531

Q01 2012

(p)210 (p)28,393

Footnotes:
(p) = preliminary

These data are featured in the TED article, Extended mass layoff events in manufacturing, first quarter 2012.

 
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