Friday, February 6, 2009

US Unemployment Rate hits 7.6%

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released the unemployment rate for January, 2009. 7.6% of Americans were unemployed in January, 2009---This is the worst level since 1992.

Additional data release showed that 1/2 of the job losses that occurred in 2008 came in the last 3 months of the year.

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