When top line is at 0, it means no jobs gained or lost, bottom line holds steady
When top line is negative, we're losing jobs, bottom line go down
When top line is positive, we're gaining jobs, bottom line go up
So if you want to pretend we fixed everything, even though we've only partially recovered the lost jobs, show them top graph, and say "Look, line was down, now line is up!" and hope they don't notice what it's actually measuring.
Can I get an ELI5? I've been looking at it for 5 minutes, but I'm still not able to make sense of the graph.
Top graph: how many jobs we lose/gain every day
Bottom graph: how many jobs there are total
When top line is at 0, it means no jobs gained or lost, bottom line holds steady
When top line is negative, we're losing jobs, bottom line go down
When top line is positive, we're gaining jobs, bottom line go up
So if you want to pretend we fixed everything, even though we've only partially recovered the lost jobs, show them top graph, and say "Look, line was down, now line is up!" and hope they don't notice what it's actually measuring.
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