Graph: Unemployment Rate Changes Little in July

Jobless rate drops slightly to 9.1 percent

August 5, 2011 RSS Feed Print

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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