Unemployment

The Economic Policy Institute found that, despite positive job growth, the economy is not creating nearly enough jobs to make up for all those lost during the recession.

Unemployment among those ages 16 to 24 reached an all-time high 19.2 percent during the recession.

According to the U.S. Labor Department, a full 8.8 million Americans have been unemployed for at least three-and-a-half months. In fact, nearly 60 percent of the unemployed have been without a job for at least 15 weeks, an all time high.

After an outstanding month of January, in which 20,000 jobs were created, the manufacturing sector was hit hard by the winter storms in February. Just 1,000 manufacturing jobs were created during the month, according to the report.