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Layoff rate slows in April, but unemployment still rises
Posted: 05.08.2009 at 10:52 AM
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The pace of layoffs slowed in April when employers cut 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six months, but the unemployment rate climbed to 8.9%, the highest since late 1983.

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