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Economy Sheds Jobs, Unemployment Climbs

More confirmation of the long road ahead came out this morning: 
Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department
of Labor reported today. October’s [...]

Written by William

November 7th, 2008 at 10:43 am

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Education: The Recession Hedge

It’s hard to process all the disconcerting news we’ve had in the past few months, but this headline in particular caught my eye: the United States economy lost 159,000 jobs in the month of September alone, which was quickly identified as the worst number of this sort in over five years.

Unemployment Rate, September 2008

Education Level
Percentage

Less [...]

Written by William

October 9th, 2008 at 6:25 pm

Posted in education

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