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Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent - Boston.com
News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 11:47 AM EDT
Article Source: The Boston Globeadvertisement
WASHINGTON—The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike.
The Labor Department's report, released Friday, showed the increasing toll the housing, credit and financial crises are taking on the economy.
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