Chart 1

The title is "The Employment Gap Between New York State and the Nation Has Narrowed."

A line chart that shows the year-to-year percentage change in employment in the United States and New York State. Nationally, employment grew 1.16 percent in the first quarter of 2001, compared to one year earlier. Employment growth steadily declined to minus 1.49 percent in the second quarter of 2002, recovered to minus 0.25 percent in the first quarter of 2003, and dipped to minus 0.31 percent in the third quarter of 2003. In New York, employment grew 1.30 percent in the first quarter of 2001, compared to one year earlier, slid to minus 2.56 percent in the first quarter of 2002, recovered to minus 0.62 percent in the first quarter of 2003, dipped to minus 0.72 percent in the second quarter of 2003, and improved to minus 0.46 percent in the third quarter of 2003.