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Thursday, July 02, 2009

Grim employment picture

June unemployment rate increased to 9.5%. In my mind, the UR is sure to pass 10%. So where do we stand now? Look at the below chart to get some historical perspective.



(click to enlarge; graph courtesy of calculatedrisk)



Also, watch this analysis from FT:


(click on the graph to play; source: FT)