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Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5%

New York : NY : USA | 23 days ago  
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  • An unemployed man departs a job center in Washington
    An unemployed man departs a job center in Washington
    Source: Reuters
An unemployed man departs a job center in Washington
For all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession — until now. With the release of the jobs report on Friday, the broadest measure of unemployment and underemployment tracked by the Labor Department...
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  • News Source: United Press International | 21 days ago
    The levels of U.S. unemployment and underemployment announced this week has made it official that joblessness is worse than in the early 1980s, analysts say...Labor Department showed more than one out of every six workers -- 17.5 percent -- were...
  • News Source: The New York Times | 22 days ago
    For all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession — until now. With the release of the jobs report on Friday, the broadest measure of...
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  • Submitted By: tlittle123
    For all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession — until now. With the release of the jobs report on Friday, the broadest measure of ...
  • Blog Source: www.babypips.com
    For the week ending October 31, the number of individuals who filed for unemployment benefits cooled to 530000 from its peak of 669000 back in March. Moreover, despite firms being low in cash, wages have continued to rise consistently by about ...
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