More jobs lost as a percentage of peak employment than any time since the Great Depression

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The chart shown above graphs the percent job loss of all recessions since the Great Depression. The current recession has lost more jobs on a percentage basis than any other since World War 2.

From Business Insider:

It's now official: The country has lost more jobs as a percentage of peak employment than any time since the Great Depression.

This includes the recessions of the early 1980s, even when they are combined.