High Unemployment The New Normal

Unemployment Could Stay High As U.S. Economy Slows

July 31, 2012

Unemployment Could Stay High As U.S. Economy Slows
Martin Crutsinger,
mbtmag

High unemployment isn’t going away — not as long as the economy grows as slowly as it did in the April-June quarter.

Weak consumer spending held growth to an annual rate of just 1.5 percent, even less than the 2 percent rate in the first quarter. And few expect the economy to accelerate in the second half of the year as Europe’s financial woes and a U.S. budget crisis restrain businesses and consumers.

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