Unemployment

• A majority of economists in the latest Associated Press Economy Survey expect the national unemployment rate to stay above 6 percent — the upper bounds of whats considered healthy — for at least four more years.
(AP - msnbc.com)
• DUBLIN - -- Irelands unemployment rate rose to an 18-year high of 14.9 percent in June, underscoring the countrys struggle to stimulate economic growth in the face of austerity measures, government statisticians reported Wednesday.
(AZCentral.com)
• BRUSSELS, July 2 (Reuters) - Joblessness in the euro zone rose to a new record high in May, pushed up by lay-offs in France, Spain and even stable Austria, as the 2-1/2 year debt crisis continued to eat away at the currency blocs fragile economy.
(Huffington Post)
• WASHINGTON -- For each one of the 12.7 million officially unemployed Americans, joblessness is a particular agony.
(Huffington Post)
• Fitch Ratings has assigned an AA+ rating to the following Illinois Department of Employment security unemployment insurance fund building receipts revenue bonds: BROAD AND PREDICTABLE PLEDGED TAX: The source of bond repayment is a .
(Yahoo Finance)
• In the realm of deadly and disabling diseases, conditions such as cancer and Alzheimers seem to attract the most media attention.
(medicalxpress.com)
• LONDON - Unemployment in the 17-country euro currency bloc hit another record in May as the continent teetered on the edge of recession because of its crippling financial crisis, official figures showed Monday.
(Winnipeg Free Press)
• June 29 - Fitch Ratings has assigned an AA+ rating to the following Illinois Department of Employment security unemployment insurance fund building receipts revenue bonds: --$777.88 million series 2012A; --$542.
(Reuters)
• 5.42pm: Time to call a halt on a day when stock markets have rallied again despite some disappointing economic data. • Eurozone unemployment has hit a new record high, with the rate up to 11.
(The Guardian)
• North Dakota is having the opposite problem than the rest of the nation with the towns and cities having too many jobs to fill and not enough people to fill them. The Unemployment rate in North Dakota is at 2.
(Examiner)