Unemployment back up to over 8 percent
U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, was 7.8% for the month of November, up significantly from 7.0% for October. Gallup’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 8.3%, nearly a one-point increase over October’s rate. …
It is unclear what caused the increase in the unemployment rate in November, although some experts speculate that it was caused by jobs lost as a result of superstorm Sandy. It is also possible that lackluster holiday hiring is to blame.
Although the increase in the unadjusted rate in November is a sharp contrast to the 0.9-point decline seen in October, November’s 7.8% rate is still tied for the second-best unadjusted unemployment monthly reading of 2012. However, on an adjusted basis, November’s rate is the highest reading in six months. Looking at year-to-year comparisons, seasonally adjusted unemployment is down from 8.9% in November 2011.
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I question the timing.
Left Coast Right Mind on December 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM
Shocked…! And the oceans have receded and the planet has healed itself.
d1carter on December 6, 2012 at 9:53 PM
I wonder if the December numbers will come down – just in time for the inauguration?
OldEnglish on December 6, 2012 at 9:58 PM
NO WAY!
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BallisticBob on December 6, 2012 at 9:59 PM
Parting shot – impacts jobs
Schadenfreude on December 6, 2012 at 9:59 PM
That is great!!..8% is now the new norm!!..
Dire Straits on December 6, 2012 at 10:01 PM
truthiness
IR-MN on December 6, 2012 at 10:01 PM
Unexpectedly!
WisCon on December 6, 2012 at 10:03 PM
More Bush hooliganism!
aquaviva on December 6, 2012 at 10:03 PM
All part of the plan…the more unemployed, the more recipients for the benevolent government to “help”…grateful recipients become democrat voters for life…
Tim Zank on December 6, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Shocka!!!!11!
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 6, 2012 at 10:12 PM
Pelosi does NOT believe the US is a sovereign nation. America better wake the fcuk up .
CW on December 6, 2012 at 10:14 PM
It never went below 8%……
JPeterman on December 6, 2012 at 10:20 PM
Now you’ve done it! Big Sis will be after you!
OldEnglish on December 6, 2012 at 10:24 PM
So, once again the question is asked: Just where is the great recovery the Ocommie promised?
Galt2009 on December 6, 2012 at 10:32 PM
I’m going to venture a wild guess that more people being out of work had something to do with it.
Christien on December 6, 2012 at 11:09 PM
Not even shocked.
That dang Bush fella just cannot get this economy going. /////s
Are these the final numbers or is there a revision in our future?
VikingGoneWild on December 6, 2012 at 11:10 PM
Caused by Dick Cheney’s super secret unemployment generating machine right after his super secret hurricane generating machine caused Sandy. Obviously.
viking01 on December 6, 2012 at 11:16 PM
#suckit.
blatantblue on December 6, 2012 at 11:46 PM
I think it is safe to say that high unemployment and high gas prices are no longer an issue with the American people.
Cindy Munford on December 6, 2012 at 11:56 PM
It certainly is not an issue for the legacy media…we will never change this country until will kill the media beast.
d1carter on December 7, 2012 at 12:07 AM
I’m in if we can figure a way that I won’t serve any jail time.
Cindy Munford on December 7, 2012 at 12:42 AM
Count me in, too.
The Rogue Tomato on December 7, 2012 at 1:16 AM
They’re issues, but too many people have become far too tolerant of this “new normal” and they refuse to blame Obama and the Dems for it(at least not enough to throw them out of office).
Doughboy on December 7, 2012 at 3:30 AM
rogerb on December 7, 2012 at 6:07 AM
The media isn’t just biased. They’re bare faced liars. And the liberals they support eat it up and are overjoyed at the unfair edge it gives them.
We live with half of our fellow Americans lying to themselves and us for the sole purpose of destroying the country from within.
Working like a charm.
It has to start with the media. When are we going to turn it around?
hawkdriver on December 7, 2012 at 6:42 AM
HEAR HEAR HD
cmsinaz on December 7, 2012 at 6:48 AM
pálinkás jó reggelt! indeed, it’s over. sandy gave but she hath taken away too!
sesquipedalian on December 7, 2012 at 7:56 AM
I’m doing my part. I haven’t watched a “big 3″ news show in years. The Washington Compost and New York Slimes are hemorrhaging money. Why do Republicans show up on MSNBC? Why does Ed do Moaning Schmoe? MSNBC has been off air for me the moment Obama was re-elected. Rare is the Republican like Sununu who gives it back to liberal media hacks in spades on air, most sit there polite and take it.
Marcus on December 7, 2012 at 8:15 AM
I’m sure all those post-election layoffs that occurred when Dear Leader was re-elected have nothing to do with it.
Headwinds.
DRayRaven on December 7, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Just heard 7.7%. Are they serious?
Fallon on December 7, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Now wait just a f’n minute:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/159104/unadjusted-unemployment-shoots-back.aspx
Clink on December 7, 2012 at 9:08 AM
By 2016, when everyone is out of work, due to the “fiscal cliff” and the “dropping” of people from the “equation” due to no longer being eligible for unemployment, the “MSM reported” unemployment rate will be near O. Mission accomplished. I used to fear a tyrannical government. Now I fear the MSM who enables the tyrannical government.
Clink on December 7, 2012 at 9:25 AM