Uh, let's look at how much US

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:03:47 +0000

Uh, let's look at how much US employment has been "falling steadily" say since beginning of 2012. A bit of difference, but 8.5% back up to 8.2% in the last 5 months isn't such a descent

US Unemployment Rate data by YCharts

Eurozone unemployment at

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:02:46 +0000

In reply to Europe's Crisis Spotlight Shifts to Spain

Eurozone unemployment at record high 11%
By Chris Isidore @CNNMoney June 1, 2012: 8:57 AM ET

[....] There were 24.7 million unemployed in the EU in April, of whom 17.4 million were in the eurozone. Both figures are far above the 12.7 million unemployed in the United States, which has a population about 6% less than the eurozone. [....]

The U.S. May jobs report, also released Friday, showed that U.S. employers added 69,000 jobs, while unemployment ticked up to 8.2%. While both results were much worse than the forecasts of economists surveyed by CNNMoney, who had been expecting 150,000 new jobs to keep unemployment at 8.1%, it was far better than Europe's job picture.

Spain new epicenter of European worries

While the unemployment rate in the United States has been falling steadily over the last seven months before Friday's report, it's been climbing across Europe. The unemployment rate for March for the 17 nations that use the euro was also raised to 11% in Friday's jobs report from the initial reading of 10.9%, while the March reading for the EU was 10.2% [....]

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Uh, let's look at how much US

Eurozone unemployment at