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US unemployment jumps to 10.2%

US jobless rate hits 10.2% as 190,000 jobs lost AFP/File – A man looks at job listings at an employment center in Glendale, California in October. The US unemployment …
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US unemployment rate shot up to 10.2 percent in October as another 190,000 jobs were shed, the government said Friday in a report showing narrowing job losses.