Just so you don’t feel like America is alone with all of the Layoffs the 16 Nation Group of European Countries that tracks employment figures announced today that more people are losing their jobs.

The Rate in March was 8.9% but in April that number jumped to 9.2 percent across the 16 nation group.

This number is the highest number of unemployed since 1999.
In the entire 27-country European Union, unemployment rose to 8.6 percent from March’s 8.4 percent, hitting its highest level since the start of 2006.

Spain had the highest unemployment rate in the EU at 18.1 percent, up from 17.3 percent in March, closely followed by Latvia on 17.4 percent, up from 16.1 percent.