How Are We Doing on Unemployment?

Well, it looks like there's been almost no change over the past year in how much people are searching for unemployment-related topics on the Internet.  The latest unemployment numbers released this week showed basically no change in the past month, either in the federally-fudged number (9.6%) or the raw number (16.8%) of unemployed people nationwide. 

Seeing those numbers decline would sure do a lot for my confidence going forward...