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This R&D provides resources on unemployment in the United States.  The Commerce Department announced last Friday that the U.S. unemployment rate remained at 4.9% and that the economy added 255,000 jobs in July.  Optimists argue that these are good numbers that signal a continued economic recovery, but pessimists respond that too many Americans are still in part-time jobs when they desire full-time employment.