Unemployment Rate Unchanged

Filed in National by on March 5, 2010

“The U.S. economy shed fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate was steady at 9.7% despite stormy weather on the East Coast last month, which the government said may have temporarily hit payrolls and work hours,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

This probably means, save for the blizzards last month, that we would have had a drop in the rate and a rise in the jobs created.

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  1. Well, the news could be worse I suppose. I’d really like to see some positive job growth!

  2. Scott P says:

    Unfortuantely, again, the “Well, things would have been worse” argument is always a tough one to make stick. Dems are left comparing reality against best-guess hypotheticals. At least Republicans make up their own facts to argue against.

  3. I agree Scott. The outlook won’t improve for Dems much until we start seeing job growth.