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| US jobless data: how has unemployment changed under Obama? | US jobless data: how has unemployment changed under Obama? |
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| The US jobless figures are out today and show American unemployment is essentially unchanged at 7.9% - up by one tenth of a percentage point on the figure for September figure. | |
| Total US employment rose by 410,00 in October, and there are now 12.3 million unemployed people. | |
| The official data shows: | The official data shows: |
• The unemployment rate has />• The unemployment rate for men />• Rates for other groups are: Women, Teenagers, 23.7% White, 7% Black, />Hispanic, />Asian, | • The unemployment rate has risen by 0.1%-points since September />• The unemployment rate for men remained stationary at 8% in October />• Rates for other groups are: Women, 7.7% Teenagers, 23.7% White, 7% Black, 14.3% />Hispanic, 10% />Asian, 4.8%* |
| This shows what's happened since January 2009, when President Obama took over. Last month was the first time it has gone below 8% in four years: | |
| Unemployment claims data released this week by the Labor Department showed 363,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 372,000. The 4-week moving average was 367,250, a decrease of 1,500 from the previous week's revised average of 368,750. | |
| We've mapped the unemployment data by state - you can explore it here. It goes up to September because we're waiting for updated state by state figures next week: | |
| *The figure for the unemployment rate among the Asian population is non seasonally adjusted, as such data was not available. All other quoted figures are seasonally adjusted. | |
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