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August 1982

The Nation’s employment situation worsens in the first half of 1982

Marillyn A. Hewson, Michael Urquhart

The continued economic slide pushed the U.S. unemployment rate to a postwar high in the second quarter; construction and durable goods industries were hardest hit.

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