Is this what passes for "good news" these days?<p>Job losses continue although at a declining rate. The change is from 9.4% to 9.5%, hardly significant - see the following article which says as much:
<a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/08/why_did_unemployment_fall.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/08/why_did_...</a><p>This guy also thinks it isn't even good news yet:
<a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/jobs-paradox/" rel="nofollow">http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/jobs-paradox/</a>