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That in itself is almost as high as it has been since the 80s and is quite bad enough. But do not understand how things were for many Americans. Not only that many of us are unemployed, but many of us have been unemployed for so long. The official unemployment rate remains close to 10%.

While yesterday, Wall Street Journal, almost half the work to unemployment, or about 7 million people were searching for 27 weeks or more. And 4.7 million long-term unemployed were actually looking for work for over a year. These figures probably underestimate the number of people who are unemployed for long, because official figures do not include those who have stopped looking for work. Even in the 1980s, when unemployment was still higher than at present, only about a quarter of the unemployed had up to 27 weeks. Compared to the recessions of recent years, these figures are out of scale. "Officer interactive graphical display, we have not seen this type of chronic unemployment since the government began tracking more than 60 years.

People looking for financial management and employment have found almost as difficult. However, some states like Michigan, with 15% unemployment have been particularly affected. More than 65 years have been found almost impossible to find a job, with the average person unemployed aged between 65 and 69 that require almost a year to find work. As the graphs show formal seekers tool manufacturers manufacturing type job and die, carpenters, and food processing have a difficult time, with an average of more than 38 weeks to find a job. Even with a degree is easier with all graduates to take as long as everyone else to find work. But older workers may have been the most affected. The whole country was affected.

Although there are recent signs of improvement in the U.S. economy, although it has slowly begun to add some backup jobs can not come fast enough for many Americans. The long-term unemployment that takes a toll psychologically and economically. Many of these savings were eliminated, and were forced to drastically reduce their standard of living. Being unemployed for a prolonged period can deplete your bank account. The more work outside their rusty skills and win becomes more difficult the gap in your resume to explain. This raises the possibility that the U.S. could develop a group of permanently unemployed as Europe had. And being unemployed for a long period, may be even more difficult to find a job.

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