The headlines speak for themselves.
- March payrolls down 80,000.
- This is the largest decline since March 2003.
- The decline in payrolls was steeper than the 60,000 decrease that had been expected.
- Job losses thus have totaled 232,000 since the New Year, an average of 77,000 lost jobs per month.
- Unemployment rate jumps to 5.1%.
- Data fans recession fears.
2 responses so far ↓
1 John Lacey // Apr 7, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I probably shouldn’t admit to this… but it only just occurred to me the significance of the Steve Jobs pictures. lol. D’oh!
2 Brian // Apr 8, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Yeah, that’s been my running joke. I love that picture. Look at the saucy glint in his eye, the shirt unbuttoned, the languid pose: it’s clearly early 80s, big pimpin Steve-o.
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