jobsreport http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/15881/all en April Unemployment Back Up to 9%; 27th Month Above 8% http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/april-unemployment-back-9-27th-month-above-8 <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>The April jobs report showed 244,000 job gains, "<a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F2_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNG2sdOYp0sQzrf7xPom2t-hgG8UzQ&did=802249abfdc98689&cid=8797695710558&ei=dPLDTaDaFsLPgAee1qMZ&rt=MORE_COVERAGE&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Feconomy.kansascity.com%2F%3Fq%3Dnode%2F10683">surprisingly strong</a>" numbers according to the Kansas City Star. Many national news outlets reported that jobs number as well as the rise in unemployment rate back to 9 percent in their headlines immediately reacting to the news.<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/april-unemployment-back-9-27th-month-above-8" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy Labor Media 2004 2005 Americans bureauoflaborstatistics clinton cnbccom hitjob job jobs jobsreport million negative networks news obama oneeconomy:twospins participation percent presidency rate report reports spunemployment Stimulus story strong suggested unemployment Fri, 06 May 2011 18:50:00 +0000 admin 27529 at http://archive2.mrc.org