Friday, December 5, 2008

Employers ax 533,000 jobs in Nov., most in 34 years; unemployment rate rises to 6.7 percent


Duncan calls it a "Neutron bomb". This is f'ng scary.

WASHINGTON - Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, catapulting the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent, dramatic proof the country is careening deeper into recession.

The new figures, released by the Labor Department Friday, showed the crucial employment market deteriorating at an alarmingly rapid clip, and handed Americans some more grim news right before the holidays.

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