Last month,the jobless rate increased by two-tenths of a percent to nine point eight percent.

VOA: special.2010.12.10

Minnesota and Utah had the lowest rate twenty-three point one percent.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

The present rate is nine point seven percent.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

But the point-one percent jump in the unemployment rate from May was more modest than had been anticipated.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Despite the weak report, the nation's unemployment rate fell 0.2 a point to 9.5 percent as thousands of Americans gave up looking for work.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

Economists point out that the current jobless rate is already higher than the hypothetical rate that was used to calculate the health of banks and other financial institutions in so-called "stress tests" earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07