Friday, January 8, 2010
BLS reports December unemployment remains at 10%
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released December unemployment figures this morning. The economy shed 85,000 non-farm jobs. The total number of unemployed persons was 5.3 million, nearly twice the 7.7 million unemployed in December of 2007. An eye-popping 6.1 million Americans have been unemployed more than 27 months.