Numbers and trends

Numbers and Trends is a tool that gives you a single point access for the
top economic indicators for each data.
It provides a snapshot of the workforce. You can get more details for any
of the data items by clicking on the chart or hyperlinks in the tables.

A trend cannot be inferred from two points. If the crime rate drops from
one year to the next, that's not evidence of a downward trend in the
crime rate.

In the trends you can find many things like:

Total employment numbers

Unemployment numbers and rates

Unemployment Insurance numbers

Industry distribution by employment and wages

Industry projections

Occupation distribution by employment and wages

Occupation projections

Trends graphs and forecasts

When you search for a term on Trends, youll see a graph showing the
terms popularity over time in (nearly) real time.
Letters on the graph represent news articles that might indicate why a
certain term is spiking during that time period.

Reading the graph

The numbers that appear show total searches for a term relative to the
total number of searches done. A line trending downward means that a
search term's relative popularity is decreasing. But that doesnt
necessarily mean the total number of searches for that term is
decreasing. It just means its popularity is decreasing compared to other
searches.

Forecasts
Above the graph is a Forecast checkbox. If you check the box, you'll see
a prediction of how popular the term will be in the near future. The
forecast is based on a mathematical estimate.

You'll only see the clickable Forecast box if the time range is wide
enough that the prediction is likely to happen.
The statistical techniques to use are founded on statistical correlation,
and include regression analysis. Multiple linear regression offers the
advantage of being able to separate the effects of elapsed time from
other effects correlated with elapsed time