Building Permits -- How we have fallen

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Notice that we hit bottom and all we are doing is just bounding around on the bottom. There is no recovery. From two million building permits a month to a half million roughly equates to 75% unemployment in the building industry. That really sucks if you are trying to support a family.

BUILDING PERMITS
JUN 2010 586 K
MAY 2010 574 K
APR 2010 610 K
MAR 2010 585 K
FEB 2010 612 K
JAN 2010 621k
DEC 2009 653 K
NOV 2009 589 K
OCT 2009 551 K
SEP 2009 573 K
AUG 2009 579 K
JUL 2009 560 K
JUN 2009 570 K
MAY 2009 518 K
APR 2009 494 K
MAR 2009 511 K
AUG 2008 854 K
JUL 2008 937 K
JUN 2008 1091 K
MAY 2008 969 K
APR 2008 1008 K
MAR 2008 927 K
FEB 2008 978 K
JAN 2008 1048 K
DEC 2007 1068 K
MAY 2007 1501 K
APR 2007 1457 K
MAR 2007 1544 K
FEB 2007 1532 K
JAN 2007 1571 K
DEC 2006 2068 K
NOV 2006 1505 K
OCT 2006 1535 K
SEP 2006 1619 K
AUG 2006 1722 K
JUL 2006 1747 K
JUN 2006 1862 K
MAY 2006 1932 K
APR 2006 1984 K
MAR 2006 2059 K
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