8.1%

Things are getting a bit shaky on the job front up here again and Katy and I have been considering sending me back to the States to find work. That is, until this morning when I found out the US jobless rate has now hit 8.1%, the highest it's been since 1983. Wow. 651,000 new jobs were lost recently to bring this number so high. Looks like going back to the States is no way to escape joblessness. When will this end?