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February 1983

Unemployment continued to risein 1982 as recession deepened

Michael Urquhart, Marillyn A. Hewson

By year end, the overall unemployment rate had reached a double-digit level; all sectors and all worker groups were affected, with men age 20 and over the hardest hit.

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