Friday, September 5, 2008
The bells The bells The bells
Alarm As US Hit By Jobless Jump
The US has been rocked by a huge jump in unemployment last month, sending alarm bells ringing for the global economy. Figures show that more than 84,000 people lost their jobs in August as the rate shot up from 5.7% to 6.1%. Labor Department officials said the rate was the highest since December 2003.
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Fingerbob69 says:
How can the figures origianlly put out in June and July be so far out of wack? July should have reported as 60,000 jobless, while June should have been 100,000 …up 98% from a reported 51,000! That is statistical fiddling boardering on the criminal!