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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (58668)	7/16/2009 2:07:23 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

The Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary estimate for job losses for June is 467,000, which means 7.2 million people have lost their jobs since the start of the recession. The cumulative job losses over the last six months have been greater than for any other half year period since World War II, including the military demobilization after the war. The job losses are also now equal to the net job gains over the previous nine years, making this the only recession since the Great Depression to wipe out all job growth from the previous expansion. You said we were losing a million jobs per month. Given that the recession started in December, 2007, that would mean we've lost 19 millino jobs so far and not the 7.2 million reported in the article you posted. So which is the right number in your mind? The one you cited or the article's?