csmonitor.com - 11/10/2008
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Obama vows action as jobless rate jumps to 6.5 percent.
blogs.usatoday.com - 11/7/2008
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blogs.usatoday.com —
Some daunting economic news for the president-elect this
morning: The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a few
minutes ago that the nation's unemployment rate hit a 14-year high 6.5% last month. It had been 6.1% in September. The number of jobs on ...
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Jobless rate hits 14-year high 6.5% - On Politics
reuters.com - 11/17/2008
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is in
recession and will contract at a faster pace in
the fourth quarter, extending the decline into early 2009 as high unemployment crimps consumer spending, a survey showed. The National Association of ...
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Jobless to peak at 7.5 percent: survey
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