US jobless rate tops 10%, page 1

The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher.

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15% more to go to achieve Great Depression levels.

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reply to post by eldard

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10.2 % unemployment. --- 17.5 % underemployed
16 million people are unemployed.
Here is a good question.
What was size of the total USA population during the great depression?
I checked Wiki - population census 1930 ------120 million.
Population today is almost 300 million.


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