Add It Up: Unemployment rate’s glass is half full
August 8, 2009 at 10:07 am by Asher Smith in Add it upJune 2009 U.S. unemployment rate: 9.5 percent
July 2009 U.S. unemployment rate: 9.4 percent
Number of months, before July 2009, since the U.S. saw a decrease in unemployment: 16
Number of points by which the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased immediately following the release of the new unemployment data: 142
Average U.S. weekly income, June 2009: $609.37
Average U.S. weekly income, July 2009: $614.34
Last month’s unemployment rate in Georgia: 10.1 percent
Jobs lost in Georgia since around this time last year: 209,500
Increase in Georgia jobs in health care and educational services, according to the most recent statistics: 12,000
Sources: AJC.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington Post
August 8th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Yeah, its still a very bleak scene in this country with joblessness. It really doesn’t matter what the government says, reality says we are hurting.