[kabar]

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JANUARY 2009 Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply in January (-598,000) and the unem ployment rate rose from 7.2 to 7.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.

Old news.

[ShadowAce]

The numbers may be a little off, but it shows the relationship between reality and what the gov’t tells us.