598k, vs a forecast of 540k lost

7.6%, vs a forecast of 7.5%, a 16 year high

2008 job loss figures adjusted upward by 385k to 3.6m

Last week, the number of Americans filing first-time jobless claims reached a 26-year high, with 626,000 filling out initial applications

—NYT

A broad measure of unemployment — which counts part-time workers who want to be working full time — is now almost 14 percent. At its highest point in 1982, it was just above 16 percent.

–Economix, David Leonhardt