Unemployment drops to 5.9 percent, lowest since before 2008 financial meltdown
Friday, October 3, 2014 - 10:40
in Mathematics & Economics
Matt BradwellWASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- An unexpected late-summer hiring surge slashed the U.S. unemployment rate to 5.9 percent, the lowest it's been since before the financial meltdown of 2008.