Unemployment Ticks up to 7.9 Percent
The US unemployment rate edged up to 7.9% in January as the number of new jobs came in below expectations, in a further indication of the fragility of the economic recovery.
Figures released on Friday showed that there were 157,000 new jobs in January, not enough to offset the number of job losses and pushing up the unemployment rate by 0.1 percentage point.
Source: The Guardian. Read full article. (link)
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Wonder what would be the number like if they count the ones who gave up on looking for work or people getting part time/temporary positions.