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Old 06-08-2008
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Re: Recession Deepens: biggest unemployment jump in 22 years.

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Originally Posted by iamwhatiseem View Post
Jobless rate across the nations has biggest hike since 1986, worst overall national unemployment since 2004.
Nation continues to lay workers off in droves, now 340,000 jobs have disappeared.
Not in these figures is temporary agencies have lost 106,000 jobs just so far this year.

Oh - and did I mention oil is over $134 a barrel today?

Unemployment in biggest jump in 22 years - Jun. 6, 2008
U.S. Loses 49K Jobs in May; Rate Jumps to 5.5% - FOXBusiness.com
What recession? We have not had any negative GDP growth yet. We also still have 11million more people employed than in 2001, and 4 million job openings. Everyone who wants a job, has one.
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