There was also good news as the level of reported joblessness fell to 9.4%.
You said the President will not rest until the joblessness and the economy are worked out.
In Japan and Germany, where joblessness has further to rise, that seems unlikely any time soon.
Now, the same increase in joblessness would squeeze real wages for the average workers by 12%.
Economists had thought employers would add 165, 000 jobs in January as joblessness decreased to 7.7%.
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The other parts of the story, whether it's joblessness or employment, are a bit murkier.
Instead, we've had the weakest recovery since the Great Depression and stubbornly high joblessness.
All this means that grappling with entrenched joblessness deserves to be far higher on America's policy agenda.
Opponents of extended unemployment insurance argue that it prolongs joblessness and becomes a disincentive for finding work.
Older suburbs are starting to suffer from some of the crime and joblessness that afflict inner cities.
Spain's unemployment rate has hit a modern day record, and joblessness among young people has topped 55%.
Yet the bigger causes of joblessness in Europe are structural, and only national governments can solve them.
We've seen some positive changes in some of the inflections in the amount of joblessness each month.
But many advanced countries had managed to reduce joblessness to new lows in the years before 2007.
But with the big exception of Germany, joblessness is considerably lower than it was in the late 1990s.
He believes that joblessness for men and post-marriage problems for women trigger off a lot of these suicides.
As recession beckons and joblessness rises, Mr Sarkozy cannot leave the plight of the unemployed to the left.
China's leadership is terrified by the prospect of social unrest from rising joblessness, particularly among the urban elite.
Wednesday saw the Fed decide to set numerical thresholds for joblessness and inflation for the first time ever.
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Believe it or not, he blames high joblessness on automation, technology and efficiency.
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Youth unemployment is especially high, and joblessness among the young leaves lasting scars.
The figures underline the bloc's struggle with record joblessness and limited economy growth.
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And unemployment stands at a stubborn 10%: the administration forecasts see only a fractional fall in joblessness this year.
The recession, rigid labor markets, and excessive welfare spending have pushed unemployment to 24.4%, with youth joblessness over 50%.
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Joblessness continues to be a major headache with no significant relief in sight.
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Other nations in revolt had even lower rates of joblessness in 2010: Egypt (9.7%), Algeria (9.9%), and Jordan (13.4%).
The parallel is grist to the mill of those who see the recent riots as a result of joblessness.
America's structural reforms ought to focus on encouraging households to reduce their debts more quickly and tackling entrenched joblessness.
Although this poses a problem for government pension schemes, it will cut joblessness.
ECB's insistence that macroeconomic policy cannot affect joblessness could produce higher structural unemployment.
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