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Jobs in america

Nothing has got the media and public attention in America like the skyrocketing unemployment that has characterized the economy in the recent times.  In March alone, 663,000 Americans lost their jobs pushing unemployment rate to a high of 8.5%   in a report realized to the public by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The threat of a deteriorating American economy became a very contentious issue in the run up to the last year's general elections. Four months down the line, it's yet to be concretely with (Hindery, 2009) Speaking during a media briefing in New York, Nigel Gault from IHS Global Insight registered that it will be impossible to turn around the economy in the meantime even hinting that unemployment rate was set drop to 10% before it reverses (Scheneiderman, 2009). A recent CEO Business Roundtable Index of -5 done between March 16th and 17th is the latest indicator of the falling pessimism about the US economy.  This index becomes the worst after another one done last No...