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By Creature
That's the percentage of Americans currently unemployed. Include folks who have stopped looking for work, or have settled for part-time work, and that number jumps to 15.8%. The good news here is that layoffs slowed in April as employers cut 539,000 jobs. Still a holy-crap number but yet it's the fewest jobs lost in the last six months. What kept that number low: "a burst of government hiring." But everyone knows those aren't real jobs. Isn't that right, Chairman Steele?
That's the percentage of Americans currently unemployed. Include folks who have stopped looking for work, or have settled for part-time work, and that number jumps to 15.8%. The good news here is that layoffs slowed in April as employers cut 539,000 jobs. Still a holy-crap number but yet it's the fewest jobs lost in the last six months. What kept that number low: "a burst of government hiring." But everyone knows those aren't real jobs. Isn't that right, Chairman Steele?
Labels: economic stimulus, Michael Steele, U.S. economy, unemployment
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