Jobless Rates

The 15 Nations With The HIGHEST Unemployment

247wallst.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The global unemployment problem is so huge that the total number of jobless in the ten most populous nations in the world totals 1.1 billion. That is ...

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Manufacturing Jobs In The Midwest Highlight An Otherwise Gloomy Jobs Report

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER and MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Manufacturing job gains in the Midwest helped lower the nation's economic stress in April to its lowest point in five months, accor...

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Higher Jobless Rates Could Become The Norm

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak employment market could ling...

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After Layoffs, Incomes Can Take Years To Recover

nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.- Chuck Dettman said he had not really considered the notion back in 2001 that he and his friends in a job-search support group wou...

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Arthur Delaney

Unemployment In June: The Worst-Hit Cities (MAP)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Unemployment rates climbed in all U.S. metropolitan areas from last June to this June, the government announced on Wednesday. Some of the jumps were d...

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Unemployment Tops 10 Percent In 15 States

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Fifteen states have crossed a painful threshold: 10 percent unemployment. More states, and the nation, likely will follow, one of t...

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Total Number Receiving Jobless Benefits Set Record For 14th Straight Week

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — New applications for jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has...

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Sam Stein

Geithner: The "Crude Reality" Is Unemployment Could Rise As Economy Starts Recovering

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's Treasury Secretary and senior adviser both cautioned on Sunday that while the economy was making strides towards a recovery, unemplo...

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4 States See Double-Digit Jobless Rates In January

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A growing number of states suffered double-digit unemployment rates in January, and others are close behind, buttressing fears that...

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For McCain, it's Jobs First in Mexico

Craig Crawford | Posted 05.25.2011

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Craig Crawford

Whose bright idea was it to put the expected GOP nominee in Mexico of all places -- on the day that the next round of jobless numbers were coming out?

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Jobless Rate Hits Two-Year High

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hiring practically stalled in December, driving the nation's unemployment rate up to a two-year high of 5 percent and fanning fears of a recession. E...

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