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Click here to see the example.

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See my blog for more information about this graph!


Trying to create a graph like this one:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OSmG5NjKSq0/Tyv9u0EtdUI/AAAAAAAAMDk/1g4ol9stLf4/s1600/UnemployedOver26WeekJan2012.jpg

But I made a few changes from the original...

I didn't like all the 'Jan' for each year shown in the x-axis.

I thought it better to show the y-axis numbers as 8,000,000
rather than 8,000 (and then explaining that the number is 
in thousands).

Rather than using a dashed line to show the latest value, I circle it.

I annotate the blue areas representing the recessions.

I determine the most recent/latest data point, and plot a single 
marker there (and use the overlay option to overlay it with the 
red line plot).  I add html mouse-over text to this marker.


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