The Employment-Population Ratio is another measure of economic recovery. It was 63.7 (unadj) or

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64.4 (seas) in Jan 2001 but declined to 58.5 or 58.3 in August 2012.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab1.htm
(Unadj) Employment-Population Ratio
Year Jan Aug
[font color = ff0000]2001 63.7 63.5[/font]
2002 62.0 63.0
2003 61.8 62.4
2004 61.6 62.7
2005 61.7 63.2
2006 62.2 63.4
2007 62.6 63.0
2008 62.2 62.3
2009 59.8 59.3
2010 57.8 58.8
2011 57.6 58.5
[font color = ff0000]2012 57.8 58.5[/font]

(Seas) Employment-Population Ratio
Year Jan Aug
2001 64.4 63.2
2002 62.7 62.7
2003 62.5 62.1
2004 62.3 62.4
2005 62.4 62.9
2006 62.9 63.1
2007 63.3 62.7
2008 62.9 62.0
2009 60.6 59.1
2010 58.5 58.5
2011 58.4 58.3
2012 58.5 58.3