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Is this the inflection point? Unemployment is back down to 10 percent (0.2 percent lower than last month), with a mere 11,000 jobs evaporating from the economy in November. Or is it just evidence that seasonal hiring is offsetting the general job market malaise?&lt;p&gt;Whichever, we&#39;ll take it for now. The job shrinkage figure is the lowest since December 2007—the month the recession officially began. And, after watching the figure climb for so long, even a plateau would have been welcome this month. A fall, then—however modest—is all the more welcome.&lt;p&gt;It’s important, however, not to read too much into the figure at this stage. As the graph below shows, slight corrections aren&#39;t unheard of in this recession—indeed, we last saw one as recently as July, only to see a spike the following month.&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;embeddedObject&quot; src=&quot;http://content.screencast.com/users/pstott/folders/Jing/media/8ee43a4a-74e5-4de7-a4b5-78d6e9e80957/00000017.png&quot; width=&quot;380&quot; height=&quot;207&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;By the way, the poll we conducted on jobseeker sentiment back in November suggested that the market was either plateauing or getting easier. I&#39;d love to take the credit on being proved right, but the poll didn&#39;t reflect my opinion—it reflected the opinions of Vault readers, so take a collective bow for your finger-on-the-pulsiness.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;-Posted by Phil Stott, Vault.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

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