Staggering New Figures Show Dramatic Rise in Unemployment in the United States

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This is happening all over the world, but the situation in the US is dramatic.

Look at this figures:

US job losses by month

• September 2008 - 284,000 jobs lost
• October 2008 - 240,000 jobs lost
• November 2008 - 533,000 jobs lost
• December 2008 - 681,000 jobs lost

2008 total - 2.6 million jobs lost

• January 2009 - 598,000 jobs lost
• February 2009 - 697,000 jobs lost
• March 2009 - 742,000 jobs lost
• April 2009 - 540,024 jobs lots

2009 (to date) - 2.600 million jobs lost



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