According to an article published in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times Business section, the UCLA Anderson Forecast is predicting, based on current trends, that the nation’s unemployment rate will rise to 5.2% by mid 2008 from its present 4.6%.
While a 0.6% jump in unemployment may not seem like a big deal to many people, I’m sure that it will definitely have an impact on those who find themselves unemployed. (more…)


