Unemployment Rate Drops

7.8 Percent – US Unemployment Rate Below 8 Percent

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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

Unemployment Rate Drops To 8.5 Percent, Obama Talks Jobs

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Yesterday, and to the displeasure of GOP Presidential Candidates banking on failure of the American Economy so they can beat President Obama in the November 2012 Election, America’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.5 percent, the economy added 200,000 jobs, and continued a five-month string of reports that America added over 100,000 jobs per month. President … Read more