The US jobless rate jumped in February to 8.1%, according to official figures from the Labor Department.
The number of people out of work rose by 651,000 during the month. Both figures were bigger than expected.The number of job cuts in January was revised up to 655,000 while December's losses were pushed up to 681,000. December's figure was the biggest job loss in a single month since October 1949. The unemployment rate was the highest since December 1983. President Obama said that the number of jobs lost so far in the recession was "astounding". Speaking in Ohio, he added: "I don't need to tell the people of this state what statistics like this mean," saying that he had signed his economic stimulus package in order to save jobs. The extra 161,000 jobs added to December and January's figures mean that almost two million jobs have been lost in the past three months. A total of 12.5 million people are now unemployed in the US. "It just continues to show the grim state of the labour market, which suggests a deepening US recession," said Joe Manimbo, currency trader at Ruesch International in Washington.
President Obama said that the number of jobs lost so far in the recession was "astounding". Speaking in Ohio, he added: "I don't need to tell the people of this state what statistics like this mean," saying that he had signed his economic stimulus package in order to save jobs. The extra 161,000 jobs added to December and January's figures mean that almost two million jobs have been lost in the past three months. A total of 12.5 million people are now unemployed in the US. (source: BBC.Com)
President Obama said that the number of jobs lost so far in the recession was "astounding". Speaking in Ohio, he added: "I don't need to tell the people of this state what statistics like this mean," saying that he had signed his economic stimulus package in order to save jobs. The extra 161,000 jobs added to December and January's figures mean that almost two million jobs have been lost in the past three months. A total of 12.5 million people are now unemployed in the US. (source: BBC.Com)
Pada bulan Februari jumlah pengangguran di Amerika Serikat meningkat menjadi 8,1% berdasarkan gambaran dari Departemen Tenaga Kerja.
Bulan ini, jumlah orang yang tidak bekerja meningkat menjadi 651.000, gambaran tersebut lebih besar dari yang di perkirakan. Jumlah pemutusan hubungan kerja pada bulan Januari di kemukakan sampai dengan 655.000 orang, dan bulan Desember yang kehilangan kerja sebanyak 681.000 orang. Keadaan Keadaan tersebut merupakan jumlah terbesar dalam satu bulan seperti yang pernah dialami pada bulan Oktober 1949, dan angka pengangguran merupakan yang tertinggi sejak bulan Desember 1983.
Presiden Obama mengatakan bahwa jumlah pekerja yang kehilangan pekerjaan karena resesi sejauh ini sangat mencengangkan. Dalam pembicaraannya di Ohio, Obama menambahkan :"Saya tidak perlu menyampaikan kepada masyarakat di negara ini apa arti dari angka statistik", dan telah mengambil beberapa paket kebijakan dalam rangka menyelamatkan hal tersebut. Pada bulan Desember dan Januari telah diciptakan 161.000 lapangan pekerjaan, hal ini menggambarkan bahwa hanya 2 juta pekerja yang kehilangan pekerjaan dalam tiga bulan belakangan. Jumlah total pengangguran di Amerika serikat saat ini sekitar 12,5 juta orang.
Presiden Obama mengatakan bahwa jumlah pekerja yang kehilangan pekerjaan karena resesi sejauh ini sangat mencengangkan. Dalam pembicaraannya di Ohio, Obama menambahkan :"Saya tidak perlu menyampaikan kepada masyarakat di negara ini apa arti dari angka statistik", dan telah mengambil beberapa paket kebijakan dalam rangka menyelamatkan hal tersebut. Pada bulan Desember dan Januari telah diciptakan 161.000 lapangan pekerjaan, hal ini menggambarkan bahwa hanya 2 juta pekerja yang kehilangan pekerjaan dalam tiga bulan belakangan. Jumlah total pengangguran di Amerika serikat saat ini sekitar 12,5 juta orang.
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