Alone among the world\u2019s economic powers, the United States is suffering through a deep jobs slump that can\u2019t be explained by the rest of the economy\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
The gross domestic product here \u201d\u201d the total value of all goods and services \u201d\u201d has recovered from the recession better than in Britain, Germany, Japan or Russia. Yet a greatly shrunken group of American workers, working harder and more efficiently, is producing these goods and services.<\/p>\n
The unemployment rate is higher in this country than in Britain or Russia and much higher than in Germany or Japan, according to a study of worldwide job markets that Gallup will release on Wednesday. The American jobless rate is also higher than China\u2019s, Gallup found. The European countries with worse unemployment than the United States tend to be those still mired in crisis, like Greece, Ireland and Spain.<\/p>\n