2009-11-27T02:26:04-08:00 <p>According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, the unemployment rate in October was 10.2%.</p> <p>The consensus forecast published by the Wall Street Journal is that the rate will remain unchanged in November. However, like all economic statistics, there can be surprises and measurement errors, so it is quite possible that the rate will change. In fact, most economists seem to expect it to continue to rise for several more months.</p> <p>A good source for analysis, historical charts, and links to the raw data can be found at <a href="http://www.briefing.com/Investor/Public/Calendars/EconomicReleases/employ.htm">http://www.briefing.com/Investor/Public/Calendars/EconomicReleases/employ.htm</a></p> <p>This market will close after the ADP Employment Report is issued on December 2, and after the "Initial Claims" report is issued on December 3, so we might have an inkling (sorry!) of which direction the unemployment rate is going. The market will close before the release of the report for November, on December 4 at 8:30 AM.</p> <p>Initial stock values were set to center on the consensus outlook, and taper off in both directions from there. Be prepared for the unexpected!</p> 2009-12-03T23:40:00-08:00 true 23729 What will be the November unemployment rate in the US? 2009-12-04T05:37:30-08:00 109629 2009-11-27T02:26:04-08:00 10000 79718 10.0% 10000 369 2009-12-04T05:37:16-08:00 1100 10.0% 2009-11-27T02:26:04-08:00 0 79714 10.2% 0 2278 2009-12-04T05:37:19-08:00 2000 10.2% 2009-11-27T02:26:04-08:00 0 79715 Greater than 10.6% 0 90 2009-12-04T05:37:28-08:00 200 GT106 2009-11-27T02:26:04-08:00 0 79716 10.3% 0 2760 2009-12-04T05:37:18-08:00 1500 10.3% 2009-11-27T02:26:04-08:00 0 79717 10.1% 0 1122 2009-12-04T05:37:22-08:00 1500 10.1% 2009-11-27T02:26:04-08:00 0 79719 9.9% 0 180 2009-12-04T05:37:26-08:00 800 9.9% 2009-11-27T02:26:04-08:00 0 79720 9.8% 0 60 2009-12-04T05:37:29-08:00 400 9.8% 2009-11-27T02:26:04-08:00 0 79724 Less than 9.8% 0 30 2009-12-04T05:37:30-08:00 200 LT9.8 2009-11-27T02:37:48-08:00 0 79725 10.4% 0 2233 2009-12-04T05:37:20-08:00 1100 10.4% 2009-11-27T02:39:32-08:00 0 79726 10.5% 0 675 2009-12-04T05:37:23-08:00 800 10.5% 2009-11-27T02:39:50-08:00 0 79727 10.6% 0 201 2009-12-04T05:37:25-08:00 400 10.6%