Obama expects jobless to rise

Published: 14/07/2009 at 10:30 PM
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday he expect the US unemployment rate, currently at 9.5 percent, to rise further over the coming months.

"This has been a more severe recession than we've seen since the Great Depression,'' Obama said, adding he expected unemployment would continue to tick up "for several months.''

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jitters

Discussion 3 : 15/07/2009 at 06:44 AM3
yea its to bad we cant go back to the days of old. but greed consumes and americans are very greedy.
SPICEMAN

Discussion 2 : 15/07/2009 at 02:00 AM2
The US needs to get off the socialistic experiment and get back to its original founding principle & value, as described in the US Constitution, God, Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness, and Equal Justice for All, to be a nation of law, not of men.
Buck Up..NO Down

Discussion 1 : 14/07/2009 at 11:01 PM1
LOL ...thats just like saying you will get wet in the rain

Obama is no better that the last one

The US is in dire straits..what ever the spin doctors say

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