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Unemployment Now Lasts Longer Than Benefits

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 3, 2009 9:54 AM CDT

(Newser) – A rough milestone on the jobless front: The average length of time it takes to find a job—26.2 weeks—now exceeds the standard length of unemployment benefits—26 weeks. That's first time it's happened since the Labor Department began keeping stats 60 years... Read full story »

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