The Verizon strike impacted the jobs data. The U.S. economy only added a mere 38,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate fell to 4.7%.
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2011
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Job creation was much weaker in the Great Recession than in previous downturns — partly because startups were harder hit this time around. The rate of job creation among all types of firms hit a 29-year low from March 2008 to March 2009, according to a report released Wednesday by the Kauffman Foundation.
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President Obama will propose using $200 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to support creating jobs, White House officials confirmed Monday.
