My presentation is about the US job market. The last few years the American economy had to suffer from an enormous recession. Allthough in 2011 everything became better. I'm going to talk about the job market in the US which followed the fluctuations of the economy.

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2.  Overview of the last few years
 Statistics 2011 – 2012
 Concerns from analysts
 Conclusion
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3.  2008 : huge job losses
 Falling housing prices 2006
 Recession 2008
 2009 : stimilus plan
 From government
 High expectations
 2010 : worst scenario
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4.  Recovery in the middle of 2011
 Relief after 3,5 years
 Chain reaction
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5. 250000
200000
150000
100000
50000
0
2011
2012
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6.  Too optimistic?
 Oil prices – supply disruptions
 European crisis
 Consumption
 Some work to do!
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7.  The US is doing very well
 They need to stay focused
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8. Thank you very much for listening!
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