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National Unemployment Rate

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    By: David Freedle, Christiann Harmon, and Samary Santiago

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    • Companies are going out of business and trying to make as much as they can before they close • Recessions • Rapid changes in technology • Taste changes

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    2007 2008 2009 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Aug. 2010 Jun. 2011 Jul. 2011 Aug. 2011 United States 4.6 5.8 9.3 9.6 9.6 9.6 8.9 9.1 9.6 9.2 9.1 9.1 Australia 4.4 4.2 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.1 r 5.0 5.1 5.3 Canada 5.2 5.3 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.5 7.1 6.5 6.2 6.4 France 8.1 7.5 9.2 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.3 r 9.2 9.4 r 9.3 r 9.2 9.3 Germany (1) 8.7 7.6 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.6 7.1 6.6 6.6 6.5 Italy 6.2 6.8 7.9 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.3 r 8.0 8.1 8.0 Japan (2) 3.6 3.7 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.0 Netherla nds 3.6 3.1 3.7 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.4 Sweden 6.1 6.0 8.2 8.3 8.2 7.8 7.6 7.4 8.1 7.3 7.3 7.3 Year Ja n Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2001 4.2 4.2 4.`3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.7 2002 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0 2003 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.7 2004 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 2005 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9 2006 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 2007 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.0 2008 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.8 7.3 2009 7.8 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.7 9.8 10.1 9.9 9.9 2010 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.4 2011 9.0 8.9 8.8 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.1 United States Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Country Comparison

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