OverLinked » unemployment http://overlinked.com Article's I'm Currently Reading Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 US Unemployment Higher than France ? http://overlinked.com/2009/02/us-unemployment-higher-than-france/ http://overlinked.com/2009/02/us-unemployment-higher-than-france/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:10:57 +0000 LP http://overlinked.com/?p=6 Recently the BBC reported that US Unemployment reached 7.6% in January 2009, a rise of 0.4% from December.  As Americans, we have to put this into some perspective.  France’s unemployment rate was exactly 7.6% just a few months ago .  Since many in the EU expect France’s unemployment rate to reach over 10% this coming year, and as other countries like Spain brace for over 13% unemployment, it leaves many to wonder whether the U.S. will undergo a similar year. 
 
This should put into perspective the tenuous nature of any economy, whether they be ultra-capitalist like the U.S. or more social-capitalist like France.
 
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