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Big Jump Foreseen in Ranks of the Poor Pending

New York Times by Erik Eckholm | Nov. 25, 2008 (News Report)

Big Jump Foreseen in Ranks of the PoorNew York Times?- 6 hours agoIf the analysis is correct, this would be the largest jump in the poverty rate since the prolonged recession of the early 1980s, when the number of poor people climbed to 35 million from 26 million over four years, according to the Center on Budget and ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Business
Topics: Poverty, U.S. Economy
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Nov 25, 2008 - 1:11 AM PST
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