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March 2011

Unemployment remains high in 2010

Eleni Theodossiou, Steven F. Hipple

At 9.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, the Nation’s unemployment rate was slightly below its year-earlier level; the number of long-term unemployed reached a record high.

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