Better-Than Expected November Jobs Report
December 4th, 2009 by Karina
This morning, the Department of Labor released unemployment numbers for November showing that 11,000 jobs were lost last month - the fewest jobs lost in a year and far fewer than economists had anticipated. In addition, the job losses for September and October were revised downward, showing that the rate of job losses has started to decline – from an average of 673,000 per month in the final three months of the Bush Administration to 87,000 during the past three months:
In addition to today’s report, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released an estimate last week showing the economy grew 2.8 percent this fall–the first economic growth in more than a year:
chart
Subscribe to the Rightardia feed: feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/IGiu
Netcraft rank: 4763 http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://rightardia.blogspot.com
This blog is dedicated to progressive and liberal thought. It also discusses new technology, how technology affects privacy and developments in Russia, China, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Rightardia fully supports the rights of workers to organize, the feminist movement, and all Americans regardless or ethnicity, sex or gender.It uses humor, satire and parody to expose conservative thought for what it truly is: BS! Rightardia contributes to the DNC, DCCC, DSCC and MoveOn.Org.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment