The number of unemployed in the United States exceeded 13 million.

Unemployment in the United States in March 2009 increased from 8.1 to 8.5 per cent, said the Ministry of Labor United States. Within a month of work in the country lost 694 thousand people, and the total number of unemployed reached 13.2 million.
Earlier it was reported that the Americans who lost work because of the economic crisis, have begun to try to find employment in sectors deemed to be undervalued - retail, restaurant business and the area of customer service. However, many agree, even the unemployed to seek employment with lower wages than they received prior to termination.
According to the Ministry of Labor United States, Latin Americans and negros in the United States more likely to lose their jobs. Since the beginning of a recession in the U.S. economy in December 2007 the unemployment rate among Hispanics increased by 4.7 per cent to 10.9 per cent, while among blacks - at 4.5 per cent to 13.4 per cent. Among whites, this figure rose to 2.9 per cent to 7.3 per cent.
As a result of the crisis, the economy lost jobs in many countries. For example, The World Bank, unemployment in Russia in 2009 will reach 12 percent. Now the country's 2.2 million officially registered unemployed, while the total unemployment rate reaches 6.4 million.
As a result of the global crisis was a sharp decline in demand for products of many companies, reducing the volume of exports and slower economic growth. As a result, the company began to reduce costs to reductions in staff.