tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91921071230884272.post-48094040211643801082009-01-11T21:33:00.000-08:002009-01-11T21:43:13.058-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YqYaSbT8xWI/SWrYYwqmsKI/AAAAAAAACxw/VolF3rFWObA/s1600-h/job.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YqYaSbT8xWI/SWrYYwqmsKI/AAAAAAAACxw/VolF3rFWObA/s320/job.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290278632192127138" border="0" /></a><br />The<a href="http://http//www.forbes.com/home/2009/01/09/nonfarm-payroll-update-markets-econ-cx_md_0109markets14.html"> total loss jobs in the US </a>for the year 2008 was estimated to 2.6 million, and have been said to be the <a href="http://http//www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/09/us_december_job_losses/">worst year for jobs </a>since 1945.<br /><br /><br /><p>The unemployment rate rose to 7.2% last month from 6.7% in November - its highest rate since January 1993.</p><p>The steep annual drop in jobs marked the highest yearly job-loss total since 1945, the year in which World War II ended. </p><p><a href="http://http//money.cnn.com/2009/01/09/news/economy/jobs_december/index.htm?cnn=yes">more...</a><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/91921071230884272-4809404021164380108?l=www.marketsnmoney.com' alt='' /></div>Traderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13309761269649139032noreply@blogger.com0