Friday, January 09, 2009

524,000 jobs lost in December, unemployment rises to 7.2 percent.

Thinkprogress:

The U.S. economy lost 524,000 jobs in December, the 12th straight month of decline. “Nearly 2.6 million jobs were lost in 2008, with 1.9 million destroyed in just the past four months.” It’s the biggest job loss in any calendar year since 1945. The unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent, the highest since early 1993 — just after the last Bush left office. USA Today charts the job losses over the past year

1 comment:

airJackie said...

Please tell John Boehner and Mitch McConnell that we have a serious problem even if their States are doing fine. Tell John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Diane Feinstein that Obama is the President not them.