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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 05 > Even as job losses slow, unemployment rate rises

Even as job losses slow, unemployment rate rises

By Peter S. Goodman and Jack Healy / The Bulletin
September 5, 2009

The U.S. unemployment rate surged to 9.7 percent in August, signaling that joblessness and financial anxiety were likely to endure in millions of American homes for many months.

The Labor Department’s latest employment report, released Friday, added weight to a growing belief that, at least....

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