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11. It'd be worth checking the figures

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 09:10 AM

Jun 2013

For instance, the US unemployment rate has dropped from 8.2 to 7.6% in the past year: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000

whereas the UK's latest unemployment rate is 7.8% - 0.4% lower than a year before: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/12/uk-unemployment-falls

So it seems the US is creating jobs faster than the UK. German unemployment is lower than both (6.9%), but has grown slightly in the past few months.

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Why are so many other countries creating more jobs than the US?? [View all] kentuck Jun 2013 OP

yup - our "job creators" are pimping jobs offshore Skittles Jun 2013 #1

Right! kentuck Jun 2013 #3

I've never seen a company whose goal was not to maximize profits badtoworse Jun 2013 #5

That doesn't make any difference badtoworse Jun 2013 #10

Tariffs ... oldhippie Jun 2013 #15

Cost of health care in the US. Quality of health care in the US. KurtNYC Jun 2013 #4

My husband's company is intent on cutting labor costs, CrispyQ Jun 2013 #9

It'd be worth checking the figures muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #11

so you use nebenaube Jun 2013 #13

Hey, go ahead and invent your own reality muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #14

And I'll bet no one even EC Jun 2013 #16