http://www.npr.org/2010/12/03/131778880/unemployment-rate-jumps-to-9-8-percent The retailers is especially concerning at a time when seasonal hirings should be boosting employment in that sector in a supposedly recovering (or any) economy.
Yep, which means it will be a long and very tough post Christmas and New Years' period. Things continue to go from bad to worse to worser..
I feel like our President is not doing our Nation service by not going on Oprah and talking about this.