Looking Up - Thoughts for a Jobless Recovery

J. Walker Smith looks at unemployment figures following reports that first-time claims for unemployment benefits in the USA for the week ending 4th July 2009 were the lowest since 10th January, meaning that less jobs were being shed than before.

Looking Up – Thoughts for a Jobless Recovery

J.Walker SmithYankelovich MONITOR®

There was actually a bit of good news about unemployment last week. Thursday's figure from the Department of Labor (DOL) of 565,000 first-time claims for unemployment...

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