Meaning: Exhausted. Synonyms: jaded; wearied. Context example: my father's words had left me jaded and depressed. Similar: tired (depleted of strength or energy)
Text Size. One of the many startling results in Friday's unemployment report for June was how few American adults are currently employed. Even though the unemployment rate is technically 9.2%, the employment-population ratio fell to 58.2%, matching its recession low. But it might help to put this number into perspective: just how bad is it?
Americaâs Economic Engine. 1  Family businesses account for 64 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, generate 62 percent of the countryâs employment, and account for 78 percent of all new job creation.1. 2  Family-owned businesses are the backbone of the American economy.