Soaring U.S. Unemployment Threatens Path to Economic Recovery

The unemployment rate in the U.S. jumped to 10.2 percent in October, the highest level since 1983, threatening the emerging economic recovery and giving President Barack Obama and Democrats a bigger hurdle to overcome before next year’s Congressional elections. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 8, 2009

Homan provides a good core set of statistics that show rising unemployment and increasing layoffs. While providing a good short picture of perhaps the most important symptom of economic trouble, he refrains from any attempted look at the economic and political causes for all the loss of jobs.

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Factory payrolls dropped by the most in four months, and the average workweek held at a record low. More »

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