Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly as More Resume Job Search

These 67,000 jobs were in the health care industry which seen a boost because of Medicare, so are these really "private sector jobs"?

I wonder what christina romer expected since loosing thousands of jobs is "better than expected"? didn't obama call this "recovery summer"? Only a democrats could call loosing thosands of jobs each and every month "positive news".

Anyone want to bet that the figure of 67,000 new jobs will be revised? And in what direction?

Since there still is no work for the family man and etc. the little people- what happens if we all go on welfare and it costs more to take care of us- or we all stand on line at the white house kitchen for food with our kids- lets get this show on the road and stop lying about the unemployed who have been looking for two or more years for a job- even if its at a donut shoppe- good luck to the little american and the american dream- take care of the big guys first- they seem to need the help more than us. we just keep paying the taxes with no money...

Ever since Obama, Reid and pelosi took charge of Congress almost four years ago, we have been in a steady decline in almost everything we depend on. November will solve most problems and November 2012 will solve the Obama problem.

What about all those soldiers coming home. Do they have jobs? will they be applying for unemployment?

Canadian unemployment rate remains at 8.0% for August (vs. 10.6% in the US). Canada continues to have NO failed banks (vs. over 280 US failed banks since January 1, 2008). Canadian parents receive a Family Allowence cheque from the Canadian Government of $100 per month per dependent child under age 19. How much does your government pay you to cover expenses for your children? The Canadian Government pays 65% of the university tuition of a Canadian university student (foreign students in Canadian universities pay full tuition). How much does the US government pay toward your or your kid's university tuition? 100% of Canadians have access to health care, paid for through taxation, with no insurance costs, no deductables, no copays, no out of pocket costs, and costing $1200 a month LESS than Americans pay for taxes + health insurance +deductables + copays. 100% of Canadians have access to all the health care they need in Canada vs. 37% of Americans who have insufficient access to health care to take care of their medical needs.Do 100% of Amercians have access to all the health care they need with no insurance costs, no deductable, no copay, no out of pocket cost of any kind as Canadians do? NO. The cost of prescription drugs in Canada is 40% of what they are in the US because the Canadian Government negotiated a licensing deal with drug companies which gives the Canadian Government price controls on prescription drugs in exchange for longer patents for the drug companies. How do you Americans like paying 2.5 times what we do for prescription drugs? In addition to Canada Pension Plan (like US Social Security, except that CPP is 20% more than US SS and can begin at age 60.Survivor benefit of CPP is $2500 while survivor benefit for US SS is only $255), Canadian Senior age 65 and above receives a $600 Old Age Security Pension cheque per month PLUS an additional means tested Guaranteed Income Suppliment. Do you get Social Security at age 60 as Canadians do? How much does your American government pay you as a pension over and above your Social Security?

Rate going up. Wait until all the summer jobs that are cut after this weekend.

i agree w/hussein....it is great news. surely even he cannot believe that s/s. guess it is good that they did not report the true unemployment rate, tho.

The economy seems to be improving. Obviously the economic crisis that Obama inherited was far worse than anyone realized. Fortunately they seem to have taken appropriate action just in time.