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Massive Layoffs Continue: 533,000 Jobs Lost in November
December 05, 2008 8:49 AM
ABC News’ Scott Mayerowitz reports: The American economy was dealt another brutal blow this morning when the government announced that a startling 553,000 jobs were cut in November.
The number was much worse than Wall Street analysts had predicted. It was the largest monthly decline since December 1974 and shows just how long and bad this recession is becoming.
Since the start of the year American employers have shed 1.8 million jobs.
The stock market was poised to open lower after this worse-than-expected news.
The unemployment rate also shot up from 6.5 percent to 6.7 percent, the Labor Department said. It is the highest unemployment rate the country has seen since October 1993.
As the recession deepens and consumers and companies cut back their spending, American businesses are slashing jobs to try to remain profitable. Just about every day, another company announces a big round of layoffs. The latest came yesterday when AT&T said it was eliminating 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force.
The jobs losses have been very widespread with just about every industry affected. Large layoffs have been seen in manufacturing, construction, financial firms, retailers, travel and leisure and hospitality. Health care remains one of the few fields where jobs are holding their own, if not growing.
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Holy crap!
Posted by: Greg | Dec 5, 2008 9:09:01 AM
How much of this is really news versus confirmation in cold hard numbers of what we suspected was happening already. Is there a surprise?
Posted by: Mr. Coffee | Dec 5, 2008 9:09:56 AM
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