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Recession is ending but unemployment rises

Oct 12th

Posted by Mr. Fired in Daily Tidbit

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Good news and bad news:

Recession is ending, but unemployment grows

The National Association of Business Economics (NABE) has announced that economic contraction is over and that expansion has begun, signaling the end of the recession. The bad news? Unemployment is still rising, with the unemployment rate forecast to rise to 10 percent in the first quarter of next year.

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