Graph: Unemployment Rate Changes Little in July

Jobless rate drops slightly to 9.1 percent

August 5, 2011 RSS Feed Print
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The economy added 117,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department reported Friday. That’s better than economists expected, but still not enough to fuel a robust economy.

For a more detailed picture of the employment situation, read our story on Friday’s jobs report.

Jobs graph for June 2011

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that graph is a bumper sticker for the truth

Damian of IL 5:24PM August 05, 2011

Looks like the upslope started right around January 2009. This graph should be an Obama 2012 bumper sticker.

bigfoot9p6 of UT 4:08PM August 05, 2011

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