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Unemployment Hits 7.2%, a 15-Year High
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by Barbara Mathieson | January 9, 2009 at 06:26 am
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U.S. Loses 524,000 Jobs in December By LOUIS UCHITELLE 9 minutes agoDecember’s job losses brought the total for 2008 to 2.6 million, spanning a recession that started 12 months ago.
As jobs disappear, workplace anxiety takes a toll on society as well as individuals.
Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press
Job seekers at the California Employment Development Department in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Tuesday.
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at 07:27 on January 9th, 2009
Canada's figure just came out too, it was 6.6%, most since 1945.