Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.6% [1]. That is the official figure from the BLS [2]. But the really telling number is for under-employment. That is buried down in line U-6 in Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization [3]. And again, that is the official figure. A 2004 article [4] suggested that the real world numbers are probably substantially higher. (Somehow I doubt that this under-reporting has been rectified.)
Sue C. sent us this: Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system [5]
120 Days to Go Until the Largest Tax Hikes in History [6].
Items from The Economatrix:
Complete List of Bank Failures [8]