7.8 Percent – US Unemployment Rate Below 8 Percent
7.8 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate is now at 7.8 percent, and has gone below 8 percent for the first time since January 2009, the month of President Obama’s inauguration. In moving below 8 percent, a number that Obama pointed to as a target at first, and then Republicans, led by House Speaker John Boehner … Read more