US jobless jumps to 9.6%
- Published: 3/09/2010 at 07:56 PM
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US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August, the Labor Department said on Friday, as most analysts had predicted.
Job seekers wait in line to show their resumes to potential employers at a career fair in Denver, Colorado. US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August, the Labor Department said, as most analysts had predicted.
The unemployment figures are anxiously awaited by Wall Street, the White House and millions of unemployed Americans looking for signs of economic recovery.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
