Topic: Unemployment Rate

Frustrated job seekers deciding to call it quits

With hiring still scarce, many frustrated job seekers are deciding to call it quitsMany jobless people have reached a conclusion that captures the depth of the unemployment crisis: Looking for a job is a waste of time. The economy is growing. Yet it's creating few jobs. That's why ...
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Drop in jobless rate points to modest improvement

Drop in unemployment to 9.7 pct shows modest improvement, but employers remain slow to hireThe job market is lurching toward improvement. It just has a long way to go. The outlook for jobs became a bit less bleak Friday when the government released January's unemployment rate showing an ...
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Economy 101: 12 pct of recent vets unemployed

Economy 101: Recent vets report higher unemployment than non-vetsVeterans of the Afghan and Iraq Wars are more likely to be unemployed than non-veterans, while the foreign-born and disabled are more likely to be jobless than the general population. These figures were included for the first time Friday in the Labor ...
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JOBLESS

JOBLESS
Graphic charts monthly unemployment rate for the past 13 months Copyright 2010  AP News
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