Weekend Visit - Pittsburgh, PA

We had a great time, exploring "The Strip" and CMU campus, catching a play, visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Brew Pub drinking, dinner at the "Salt of the Earth" and just hanging out.  You know you're getting old, when your niece purchases you for the first time a drink at a bar. Yikes!

The Great Recession

The graph shows the job losses from the start of the employment recession, in percentage terms. The dotted line is ex-Census hiring.

This shows the depth of the recent employment recession - worse than any other post-war recession - and the relatively slow recovery due to the lingering effects of the housing bust and financial crisis.