Unemployment rate 7.2%, 524,000 jobs lost in December.

[EconomicLiberal]

Just released.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Just one of our parting gifts to you American proles. SMIRK." - Commander AWOL (R)

"Deal with it. But don't worry abouy me and my 'elite' fatcat Republicon Homelander cronies. We have have Massive Boodles of Profiteering Big Bucks in our Swiss Bank accounts. Too bad (smirk) about you Americans. Smirk."

- Commander AWOL (R)

[dmallind]

2. Yet again Bush the lesser had to find a way to beat his dad

Now if only Obama can come close to matching Clinton we'll see this cut in half again over the next eight years.

[madrchsod]

3. 7.2%.................ya right

the real number is a lot larger 7.2%

[burythehatchet]

5. It is in excess of 12%

http://www.shadowstats.com/article/54

[kentuck]

4. We are losing jobs at a rate of 500,000 per month.

We cannot sustain that much longer. The magnitude of this is undefinable.