September unemployment is 9.8 percent

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I think it's worth noting this is the time of year where a lot of seasonal employment comes to an end. College kids are back to school, and in areas like the northeast you have a lot of people laid off this time of year as contracting work, landscaping, etc. is winding down.

Well its not like unemployment just jumped 2% its been getting higher all summer.