NYT :: Business

Unemployment Rate Rises to 6.1%

The nation?s unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, the government reported.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/business/economy/06econ.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=b4d3f98f99d448c0ae34d28d64593f7b&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/business/economy/06econ.html" border="0"/></a></span>