Washington Journal
Long-Term Unemployment
2015-04-07T07:48:54-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvM2QzXC8yMDE1MDQwNzA3NTAzMDAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Nancy Cook talked about the effects of “long-term” unemployment, meaning unemployed for six months or longer. She said that in 2010, at the height of the great recession that officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, about 6 million people were classified as long-term unemployed. As of the March 2015 jobs numbers, the number had dropped to about 2.6 million, still considered a large percentage of the unemployed.
Nancy Cook talked about the effects of “long-term” unemployment, meaning unemployed for six months or longer. She said that in 2010, at the …
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Nancy Cook talked about the effects of “long-term” unemployment, meaning unemployed for six months or longer. She said that in 2010, at the height of the great recession that officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, about 6 million people were classified as long-term unemployed. As of the March 2015 jobs numbers, the number had dropped to about 2.6 million, still considered a large percentage of the unemployed. close
Nancy Cook talked about the effects of “long-term” unemployment, meaning unemployed for six months or longer. She said that in 2010, at the … read more
Nancy Cook talked about the effects of “long-term” unemployment, meaning unemployed for six months or longer. She said that in 2010, at the height of the great recession that officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, about 6 million people were classified as long-term unemployed. As of the March 2015 jobs numbers, the number had dropped to about 2.6 million, still considered a large percentage of the unemployed. close
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