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Grim employment picture

Posted in Uncategorized on July 2nd, 2009 by Paul Deng – Be the first to comment

June unemployment rate increased to 9.5%. In my mind, the UR is sure to pass 10%. So where do we stand now? Look at the below chart to get some historical perspective.

joblosspercentjune20091 Grim employment picture

(click to enlarge; graph courtesy of calculatedrisk)

Also, watch this analysis from FT:

urjune Grim employment picture
(click on the graph to play; source: FT)