Friday, September 05 2008, 09:23 AM
Jobless Rate Jumps to 6.1 Percent
The nation's unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, proof of the mounting damage of a deeply troubled economy
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From The Left
Democratic National Committee: Blog
Jobless Rate Hits Five-year High
Remember, John McCain says the 'fundamentals of our economy are strong.' Tell that to 84,000 people who lost their job this past month. The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, d
Suburban Guerrilla
If You Believe In Fairies
Clap your hands! No recession here! WASHINGTON ? Recession fears are back with a bang and the economy is front and center in the political arena again after a Labor Department report Friday showed that the nation’s unemployment rate leapt to 6.1 pe
Oliver Willis
Republican Recession Watch: Unemployment At Five Year High
We have to trust John McCain to deal with this, because as you may have heard, he was a POW for five years. That doesn’t qualify him for president, according to Fred Thompson’s teleprompter, but still… FIVE YEARS! The unemployment rate s
legitgov
Jobless Rate At 5-year High
An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote that the economy was near recession.
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From The Right
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run
It's The Economy, Stupid, Redux?
The jobless rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August, from 5.7 percent in July. And, employers cut payrolls for the eighth month in a row. Job losses in June and July turned out to be much deeper. The economy lost a whopping 100,000 jobs in June and another 6
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Co-in-ci-denzia? We don't think so: 'US unemployment in August 'jumped unexpectedly' to 6.1%, by the oddest of coincidences in the first full month just after new, 12% higher US minimum wages took effect.' Coyote Blog: New Unemployment Numbers Obama
