Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke attends a celebration marking the 125th anniversary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Friday, June 26, 2009, in Washington. Some of the many statistical formulations rendered by the bureau are the national unemployment rate, the producer price index, and the consumer price index. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke attends a celebration marking the 125th anniversary of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Friday, June 26, 2009, in Washington. Some of the many statistical formulations rendered by the bureau are the national unemployment rate, the producer price index, and the consumer price index. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
- Retired Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Vescovi of Hatfield Pa., who served 20 years with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, listens to recruiters during a career fair hosted by RecruitMilitary, in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 16, 2009. The number of newly laid off Americans signing up for unemployment benefits for the first time fell sharply last week. But the layoffs figures were clouded by difficulties adjusting for temporary shutdowns at auto plants. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
- In this June 30, 2009 photo, brochures and business cards shown at a job fair in San Jose, Calif. Stock futures fell ahead of the June unemployment report set for release before the market opens Thursday, July 2. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
- Wendy Rivera, with her father Eddie Rivera and her daughter Jayla, 2, looks for a job at the New York State Department of Labor, Thursday, July 2, 2009 in the Brooklyn section of New York. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Rivera, 25, of Brooklyn, a certified medical assistant, lost her job eight months ago. She is currently back in college studying for a nursing degree. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
- Janet Francis looks at job postings at the New York State Department of Labor, Thursday, July 2, 2009 in the Brooklyn section of New York. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Francis, 36, of Brooklyn, has been unemployed for two years and has used the time to work towards her college degree in social work. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
- Unemployed Alex Sherwin at work in a garden in Hebburn, Northern England Thursday, June 25, 2009. Dissatisfied with unemployment, Sherwin decided to start his own garden services business traveling around the area on this bicycle, towing his home made trailer carrying his garden equipment to keep the costs down to his customers. Called 'Credit Crunch Garden Services' Sherwin claims he can do garden work cheaper than it would be for the customer to use their own electricity and time for the work. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
- In this June 16, 2009 file photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Hyder Hatab talks with a possible recruit , at a job fair in Seattle. The number of people filing new jobless claims jumped unexpectedly last week, and the total unemployment benefit rolls rose to more than 6.7 million, the Labor Department said Thursday, June 25.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
- FILE - In this June 8, 2009 file photo, people pass by a card, intended for Gov. Mark Sanford, after a gathering at the Statehouse for a rally in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina's unemployment rate rose to a record 12.1 percent in May with payroll losses soaring in the construction and tourism industries, the Employment Security Commission reported Friday, June 19. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, NAM)
- Pedestrians are silhouetted on a Tokyo street Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Japan's unemployment rate rose to 5.2 percent in May - the highest level in more than five years, the government said Tuesday. The country's jobless rate worsened from 5.0 percent in April, suggesting that while Japanese companies may be starting to recover, their workers face growing insecurity about jobs. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
- This June 4, 2009 photo shows Sandra Friedrich, left, of Wenham, Mass. and Debbie Gonzalez of Saugus, Mass. praying during an unemployed support group meeting in Beverly, Mass. The group is one of several church-related unemployment support groups that have formed around the country as the jobless rate reaches heights not seen for decades. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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