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January unemployment rate drops to 9.7 percent Posted on 2/5/2010
The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7 percent from 10 percent.
The rate dropped because a survey of households found the number of employed Americans rose by 541,000.
Employers Cut Jobs The Labor Department said employers cut 20,000 jobs in January.
Last January there were 741,000 jobs lost.
The job losses are calculated from a separate survey of employers.
8.4 Million Jobs Lost In all, the Great Recession has eliminated 8.4 million jobs.
That's the most of any recession since World War II as a proportion of total payrolls.
