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High Unemployment Rate Spoiling Recovery Rate
The unemployment rate jumped almost half a point to 9.7 percent in August. That's the highest level since 1983. A poor job market will make it hard for the economy to begin a sustained...

Sour Economy Has Nevada Looking For New Jackpot
The recession has been particularly cruel in Nevada. The state has the nation's highest unemployment rate and highest foreclosure rate. That's made the state's budget situation difficult, to...

Fed survey shows economy ended 2011 with strength (AP)
AP - The final weeks of 2011 were the economy's strongest since it appeared to be slipping toward recession in late spring.

AP survey: Economy to pick up but still vulnerable (AP)
AP - The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 — if it isn't knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.

Despite Growth, China Too Faces Debt Problems
By all appearances, China has been one of the countries least affected by the global downturn in recent years. But the Chinese government stepped up spending to keep its economy going, and...