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Jobless Outnumber Jobs, 6-1

Ratio hits worst level since recording began in 2000

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 27, 2009 10:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – Even as the US pulls out of the recession, the ranks of the out-of-work have swelled to 14.5 million people, leaving six jobless people vying for every available job—the worst ratio since the Labor Department began keeping track in 2000. "There's too... Read full story »

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