Stock Market Seems to Like 9.6%/17.1%+ U.S. Unemployment

Rewind: November 6, 2009: U.S. Unemployment Rate 10.2% (to 17.5%)

http://www.npr.org/search/index.php?searchinput=unemployment

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/unemployment/index.html

http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=unemployment&mod=DNH_S

Meanwhile, Germany (1990-2010)

Rewind: It Was 20 Year Ago Today...

Fast-Forward: January 2012: "Germany's unemployment rate fell to a record low in January, data showed...its lowest point since figures for a reunified Germany were first published more than two decades ago."