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Projected Unemployment Rate. According to a March 2009 Industry Survey of and by the National Association of Business Economists, 60.3% of their economists who had reviewed the fiscal stimulus enacted in February 2009 projected it would have a modest impact in shortening the recession, with 29.4% anticipating little or no impact as well as 10.3 ...
The U.S. economy lost 598,000 jobs during January 2009, with unemployment rising to 7.6 percent. (New York Times) Canada's economy lost 129,000 jobs during January 2009, an all-time record, with unemployment rising to 7.2 percent. (AP via Google News) Bankruptcies in the United Kingdom rose during 2008 by 50 percent to an all-time high. (ABC ...
July 2009 Australian unemployment rate: 5.8% [28] August 2009 Australian unemployment rate: 5.8% [29] September 2009 Australian unemployment rate: 5.7% [30] October 2009 Australian unemployment rate: 5.8% [31] The unemployment rate for October rose slightly due to population growth and other factors leading to 35,000 people looking for work ...
Yet another record the U.S. labor market would rather not achieve: Continuing claims for unemployment benefits jumped 161,000 to a record 5.73 million, the U.S. Labor Department announced Thursday.
A year ago, most economists were projecting fairly mild unemployment for the U.S. this year. Most were forecasting a range of 7 to 8 percent. In February, the figure has already gone beyond that.
By Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than two and a half years, as employers stepped up hiring in response to the ...
February 12: 2009 U.S. penny commemorating 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. ... The unemployment rate hits 9% for the first time since September 1983; it will ...
In 2003, prior to the significant expansion of subprime lending of 2004-2006, the unemployment rate was close to 6%. [52] The wider measure of unemployment ("U-6") which includes those employed part-time for economic reasons or marginally attached to the labor force rose from 8.4% pre-crisis to a peak of 17.1% in October 2009.