- Unemployment rate falls to 49-year low (in the United States) https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/economy/september-jobs-report/index.html 33 comments worldnews
- United States Unemployment Rate 4.6% vs 4.9%, 178k vs 175k NFP https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/5g39ka/united_states_unemployment_rate_46_vs_49_178k_vs/ 35 comments wallstreetbets
- Mexico’s unemployment rate is now 4.9 percent, compared with 9.4 percent joblessness in the United States. http://scaredmonkeys.com/2011/07/30/thanks-barack-obama-mexicos-unemployment-rate-4-9-united-states-9-2/ 9 comments politics
- United States Unemployment Rate - September 2022 Data - 1948-2021 Historical https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate 9 comments cryptocurrency
- NYT: Unemployment rates were higher in September than a year earlier in 371 of the 372 United States metropolitan areas. In Detroit the rate is 17.3%. In El Centro, CA the rate is 30.1%. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/unemployment-is-higher-almost-everywhere/ 6 comments business
- 'Pentagon enjoys US unemployment' - The mounting unemployment rate in the United States has provided an opportunity for the Pentagon to recruit more people for its unpopular wars abroad, an analyst says. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/157829.html 7 comments politics
- U.S. economy added 321,000 jobs in November; unemployment rate holds at 5.8%: "So far this year, the United States has added some 2.6 million jobs — an average of about 240,000 a month — putting the country on track for its best year of job growth in 15 years." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/05/u-s-economy-added-321000-jobs-in-november-unemployment-rate-holds-at-5-8/ 116 comments politics
- Florida State Senate passes SB 448, a law that makes it a "felony for anyone to have sex with an animal" (beastiality). The passing of this law probably explains why Florida has some of the highest unemployment and home foreclosure rates in The United States. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/f/fl_xgr_bestiality_law_flol-?site=fltam&section=us 5 comments politics
- The United States economy gained a net 69,000 jobs in May, a dismal showing that reflected mounting evidence of a global slowdown. The unemployment rate rose to 8.2% from 8.1% in April, largely because more people began looking for work. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/business/economy/us-added-69000-jobs-in-may-jobless-rate-at-8-2.html?_r=1&hp 92 comments politics
- "The unemployment rate in the United States...remains stubbornly around 7 percent. In Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Korea...the official unemployment rate is way lower. So here's a novel solution to America's problem: Move the people to where the jobs are." http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/04/linked_out_send_americas_unemployed_abroad 6 comments politics
- Trump administration officials warned Senate Republicans on Tuesday that the coronavirus outbreak in the United States could cause the unemployment rate to reach 20 percent https://www.equibbler.com/trump-administration-warns-20percent-unemployment-rate/ 9 comments worldnews
- Employers in the United States are hiring at a brisk pace. Unemployment has sunk to a nearly healthy rate. Jobs are being filled across a range of industries. Yet the September jobs report released Friday contained a puzzling fact: Paychecks still aren't growing. http://hosted2.ap.org/apdefault/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/article_2014-10-03-us--economy-why%20no%20pay%20raises?/id-f7d193d212924a0cbece5f92b5840cc1 72 comments politics