Tag Archives: Unemployment

A Lost Generation

The U.S. has 2 million less jobs now than we had at the end of 1999. Think about that: 10 years, nothing but job losses. And now we see that trend really ramping up. Right now it is a safe … Continue reading

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23 million more people, 200,000 less jobs

The private sector of the U.S. economy has 203,000 FEWER jobs today than we had in 2000, despite having more than 23 MILLION MORE people.   A whole decade lost. MSNBC reported at the end of last week that it might … Continue reading

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Shocking Bluegrass Unemployment

Some striking unemployment figures for the Bluegrass Region:  Since 1990, the highest monthly unemployment figure was 5.5% – in June of this year the figure was 9.1%. Over the 18 years from 1990 until 2008, the longest stretch with above … Continue reading

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