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California’s unemployment rate jumped to its highest level in more than 30 years, climbing to 11.2 percent as 62,100 jobs we wiped out in March.
California’s unemployment rate reached 11.2 percent in March with 62,100 job cuts, the highest rate on record. The figure contrast with a national jobless rate of 8.5 percent. The new jobless [...]

The US Labor Department reports that  US non-farm payrolls  fell by 651,000 in the short month of February bringing the US unemployment rate to 8.1%, the highest level in 25 years.
The number of unemployed persons increased by 851,000 to 12.5 million in February, and the unemployment rate
rose to 8.1 percent. Over the past [...]

Job losses in the US are accelerating at a frightening pace. First-time applications for state unemployment benefits for the week ending Feb. 21 rose 36,000 to a seasonally adjusted 667,000. The level of initial claims is  up 86% from the same period in the prior year. For the week ending Feb. 14, the number of [...]

The Labor Department reported that the US unemployment rate jumped to 7.6% and nonfarm payrolls fell by the largest amount in 34 years.
Nonfarm payrolls dropped by a seasonally adjusted 598,000 in January, after a revised loss of 577,000 in December.
January marked the largest payroll loss since December 1974, according to a survey of workplaces. [...]

First-time claims for state unemployment benefits spiked last week to 626,000, the highest level in over 26 years. The number rose by 35,000 from the previous week.
The number is sharply above Wall Street’s expectations of 580,000. 2009 Should may to be a record year for job losses.