Friday
Feb052010
Unemployment Rate Dropped To 9.7 Percent In January
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 9:07AM
The unemployment rate in January dropped slightly to 9.7 percent, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The unemployment rate in November and December was reported as 10 percent.
According to the newly released data, jobs were gained in temporary help services, retail and the health care industry. The federal government provided 33,000 jobs. This includes 9,000 temporary positions for census workers.
Job losses were felt in the construction, transportation and warehousing industries.
“We are making progress, but the road to recovery will be long, and will not be easy,” said Joint Economic Committee Chairman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) during a hearing Friday morning.
In January, 14.8 million Americans were unemployed, a drop from 15.4 million the previous month.
TRNS Reporter Brishel Prichard contributed to this story
According to the newly released data, jobs were gained in temporary help services, retail and the health care industry. The federal government provided 33,000 jobs. This includes 9,000 temporary positions for census workers.
Job losses were felt in the construction, transportation and warehousing industries.
“We are making progress, but the road to recovery will be long, and will not be easy,” said Joint Economic Committee Chairman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) during a hearing Friday morning.
In January, 14.8 million Americans were unemployed, a drop from 15.4 million the previous month.
TRNS Reporter Brishel Prichard contributed to this story
Reader Comments (1)
Talk is cheap. Playing with statistics doesn't create good jobs.
Take the Obama education situation for instance with regard to the Education Recovery Act Recipients. The Education Department will have you believe that they created 300,000 jobs. Where are they?
When will all this funding translate into REAL JOBS for teachers in math and science that is not connected to corrections and alternatve education? When will it translate into jobs for teachers in PHYSICAL SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, SPACE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS who are degreed, "effective" teachers but who do not like state rules, burdensome application processes and exhorbitant tuition fees?
Some excellent teachers just want to get hired and teach without petty rules about Praxis scores and 19th century pedagogy.
Many would argue that the Constitution requires education to be left up to the states. What does the Constitution say when the states impede education or when good teachers are left to perish? Don't these schools for the most part receive federal funding?
Countless unemployed teachers and applicants care deeply about the students but can't have a five minute conversation with a state bureaucrat or a PHd committee member. How about creating some jobs for these folks so we can get our nation moving in the right direction again?