Unemployment Hits 7.2% Leaving 11 Million Out of Work

January 10, 2009 in Finance, News by Admin

Rising unemployment

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics they reported an all time high unemployment rate of 7.2%, which amounts to approximately 11.1 million people. That statistic is up by 50% from last year. And from the start of the recession there have been approximately 2.59 million more jobs lost.

Goldman Sachs predicted that unemployment rates would be…