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Recession leads to lackluster employment in the trucking industry

Chart 3. Inventory-Shipments ratio of total manufacturing vs. employment in truck transportation, seasonally adjusted, 1992-2009
Month	Innventory-Shipments ratio	Employment (in thousands)
January-92	1.65	1099.8
February-92	1.64	1098.1
March-92	1.59	1099.7
April-92	1.57	1101.7
May-92	1.55	1104.5
June-92	1.54	1107.4
July-92	1.54	1105.0
August-92	1.56	1102.5
September-92	1.55	1111.7
October-92	1.56	1112.2
November-92	1.53	1116.4
December-92	1.52	1127.1
January-93	1.52	1139.8
February-93	1.50	1136.6
March-93	1.51	1139.4
April-93	1.52	1141.3
May-93	1.50	1145.3
June-93	1.50	1147.4
July-93	1.52	1155.1
August-93	1.52	1159.2
September-93	1.50	1166.7
October-93	1.48	1172.0
November-93	1.49	1177.3
December-93	1.48	1175.6
January-94	1.46	1182.9
February-94	1.46	1188.2
March-94	1.46	1196.1
April-94	1.46	1146.7
May-94	1.45	1208.6
June-94	1.45	1210.7
July-94	1.45	1214.6
August-94	1.43	1214.6
September-94	1.44	1221.5
October-94	1.43	1223.0
November-94	1.42	1231.0
December-94	1.39	1238.5
January-95	1.40	1239.6
February-95	1.40	1243.8
March-95	1.44	1247.4
April-95	1.42	1252.6
May-95	1.46	1244.8
June-95	1.45	1243.7
July-95	1.46	1236.3
August-95	1.45	1242.7
September-95	1.44	1238.1
October-95	1.45	1270.0
November-95	1.45	1265.8
December-95	1.42	1261.7
January-96	1.49	1267.7
February-96	1.51	1270.2
March-96	1.46	1271.8
April-96	1.44	1277.0
May-96	1.43	1281.8
June-96	1.41	1289.5
July-96	1.42	1296.7
August-96	1.42	1292.1
September-96	1.41	1288.8
October-96	1.42	1286.1
November-96	1.40	1283.8
December-96	1.40	1280.9
January-97	1.40	1284.4
February-97	1.37	1288.9
March-97	1.36	1292.5
April-97	1.37	1295.7
May-97	1.38	1301.7
June-97	1.36	1303.7
July-97	1.35	1311.4
August-97	1.36	1317.0
September-97	1.36	1324.9
October-97	1.37	1323.9
November-97	1.35	1326.4
December-97	1.36	1327.5
January-98	1.39	1330.0
February-98	1.35	1336.7
March-98	1.37	1337.5
April-98	1.38	1347.6
May-98	1.39	1352.5
June-98	1.41	1356.6
July-98	1.43	1357.1
August-98	1.40	1361.5
September-98	1.38	1364.7
October-98	1.38	1366.7
November-98	1.38	1366.3
December-98	1.36	1369.8
January-99	1.36	1373.1
February-99	1.34	1374.7
March-99	1.36	1375.5
April-99	1.36	1380.6
May-99	1.35	1384.5
June-99	1.35	1389.9
July-99	1.35	1395.9
August-99	1.33	1395.8
September-99	1.34	1401.9
October-99	1.33	1405.4
November-99	1.34	1408.4
December-99	1.35	1405.9
January-00	1.32	1408.5
February-00	1.37	1406.5
March-00	1.34	1409.1
April-00	1.32	1409.3
May-00	1.34	1406.2
June-00	1.33	1404.9
July-00	1.36	1404.3
August-00	1.37	1404.9
September-00	1.35	1402.2
October-00	1.38	1402.3
November-00	1.39	1403.5
December-00	1.38	1405.6
January-01	1.41	1407.0
February-01	1.38	1406.8
March-01	1.39	1408.2
April-01	1.42	1400.5
May-01	1.37	1396.1
June-01	1.39	1391.8
July-01	1.39	1389.2
August-01	1.36	1378.0
September-01	1.39	1377.2
October-01	1.37	1369.3
November-01	1.36	1362.8
December-01	1.33	1356.3
January-02	1.32	1349.6
February-02	1.31	1347.8
March-02	1.29	1344.8
April-02	1.28	1345.5
May-02	1.27	1341.7
June-02	1.27	1337.6
July-02	1.28	1334.1
August-02	1.27	1330.9
September-02	1.27	1332.0
October-02	1.27	1337.6
November-02	1.27	1333.3
December-02	1.30	1332.8
January-03	1.28	1327.9
February-03	1.28	1325.2
March-03	1.26	1330.1
April-03	1.29	1318.7
May-03	1.28	1319.0
June-03	1.26	1319.6
July-03	1.23	1319.9
August-03	1.24	1329.4
September-03	1.21	1325.8
October-03	1.20	1328.5
November-03	1.20	1332.2
December-03	1.20	1334.3
January-04	1.20	1338.5
February-04	1.21	1337.5
March-04	1.17	1338.8
April-04	1.18	1342.8
May-04	1.19	1346.0
June-04	1.18	1351.2
July-04	1.19	1353.4
August-04	1.19	1358.6
September-04	1.19	1362.8
October-04	1.18	1360.9
November-04	1.18	1359.3
December-04	1.17	1368.6
January-05	1.17	1374.3
February-05	1.19	1380.7
March-05	1.18	1385.7
April-05	1.18	1391.1
May-05	1.18	1395.7
June-05	1.17	1400.1
July-05	1.18	1402.9
August-05	1.16	1401.2
September-05	1.14	1403.6
October-05	1.15	1409.7
November-05	1.15	1412.8
December-05	1.13	1414.5
January-06	1.14	1417.9
February-06	1.15	1421.6
March-06	1.15	1423.2
April-06	1.17	1431.7
May-06	1.15	1430.5
June-06	1.16	1433.6
July-06	1.19	1443.3
August-06	1.18	1441.9
September-06	1.24	1444.2
October-06	1.25	1445.4
November-06	1.25	1446.4
December-06	1.22	1452.7
January-07	1.25	1454.6
February-07	1.25	1451.8
March-07	1.23	1451.3
April-07	1.22	1446.1
May-07	1.21	1449.1
June-07	1.22	1443.8
July-07	1.20	1436.8
August-07	1.22	1433.2
September-07	1.24	1435.7
October-07	1.22	1427.8
November-07	1.21	1424.7
December-07	1.23	1420.4
January-08	1.23	1418.4
February-08	1.26	1411.9
March-08	1.26	1414.6
April-08	1.22	1410.4
May-08	1.23	1405.1
June-08	1.22	1393.1
July-08	1.21	1391.2
August-08	1.26	1390.3
September-08	1.29	1378.1
October-08	1.33	1370.3
November-08	1.42	1358.0
December-08	1.44	1340.8
January-09	1.46	1323.3
February-09	1.45	1313.9
March-09	1.46	1300.3
April-09	1.45	1283.2
May-09	1.45	1277.4
June-09	1.41	1269.5
July-09	1.39	1264.6
August-09	1.38	1261.2
September-09	1.35	1261.7
October-09	1.34	1253.5
November-09		1249.9
December-09		1246.6