Long-term unemployment numbers in US reach record of 5 million

... the average bout of unemployment has reached 25 weeks, the longest since the end of World War II, and is likely to increase as the jobless rate goes higher. Most economists expect the national unemployment rate, now 9.7 percent, to top 10 percent before peaking next year. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via NewsRack (Recession), Boston Globe, Google News (Business)
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Sep 6, 2009 - 10:30 PM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Sep 7, 2009 - 7:17 AM PDT

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by Lisa Holt - Sep. 11, 2009

It neglected to say anything about the healthcare debacle which is a big piece of the puzzle with the numbers of the uninsured/underinsured in our country. Lots of us make too much on either unemployment/ disability benefits and yet we cannot afford the exhorbitant cost of healthcare premiums once we're no longer working.

I meant to put the paragraph about quality journalism here. Sorry.

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