PRIVATE EMPLOYERS SHED JOBS FOR NINTH MONTH IN ROW UNEMPLOYMENT SPIKED TO 6.1 PERCENT
September 05, 2008
September 05, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y. (14th CD), issued the following statement:
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Vice Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics' August 2008 employment situation, which showed that the unemployment rate spiked up sharply to 6.1 percent and non-farm payrolls fell by 84,000 jobs. Since December, the economy has shed 758,000 private sector jobs, but due . . .
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Vice Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics' August 2008 employment situation, which showed that the unemployment rate spiked up sharply to 6.1 percent and non-farm payrolls fell by 84,000 jobs. Since December, the economy has shed 758,000 private sector jobs, but due . . .