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Ratio of job seekers to job openings narrows slightly in September.

In response to the unemployment crisis, EPI has proposed a tax credit that could create millions of jobs over the next two years, at a relatively low cost.

EPI Briefing Paper #248

There are now 6.3 job seekers per job opening, according to new government data.

On October 8, EPI President Lawrence Mishel testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Income Security and Family Support, warning that unemployment would continue to rise, at least through the middle of 2010. "We need to help families weather this storm and do what we can to generate jobs and a robust recovery," he said.

A new survey finds voters are downbeat about prospects for a quick economic recovery, and want more government action to create jobs.

There are now six job seekers for each available job in the United States.

In September, EPI president Lawrence Mishel spoke at Tides' Momentum 2009 conference. Watch his presentation and view his slideshow here.

The August employment report shows that the labor market is continuing to deteriorate, but thanks to the Recovery Act, at a much slower rate than earlier in the year.

The latest statistics on unemployment, underemployment, worker productivity, health care coverage, and job and retirement security.

This ratio is unchanged from the revised May numbers -- the first time in over a year that the ratio has not increased and one more sign that while the situation for job seekers remains extremely dire, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is now having an important effect in creating and preserving jobs.

The July unemployment report released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that 247,000 more jobs were lost in July as unemployment declined slightly by 0.1 percentage points to 9.4%. At the same time, the number of workers who have been unemployed for over six months increased by 584,000 to 5 million, so that now over one-third of this country's 14.5 million unemployed workers have been unemployed for over half a year.