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Unemployment Rate Expected To Jump
by Jim Zarroli, NPRFebruary 6, 2009
The Labor Department issues January's unemployment report on Friday, and it doesn't look good. More than a half million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, part of a spike expected for the month of January. Analysts expect the rate to jump to 7.5 percent in January from 7.2 percent the month before.
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