US unemployment rate rises by 2.4 mln people

WASHINGTON. January 6. KAZINFORM /Aliya Altyngazina/ US President-elect Barack Obama held face-to-face consultations with congressional leaders Monday on the antirecessionary issue; Kazinform reports.

Two weeks before the inauguration Barack Obama discusses possible reduction of the tax burden for the most of working people to USD 500. The companies creating working places are offered to set tax credits for the total amount of USD 40-50 bln. The issue of provision with a wide range of economic incentives for investment encouragement is being considered. Barack Obama repeatedly announced about his intention to include the establishment of three million working places into the US economic revival plan. According to the preliminary data, the unemployment rate in the USA has increased by 2.4 mln people in 2008 ? the highest index after the Second World War.