U.s. Jobless Rate Seen Highest Since 1983

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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 2:15am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely shed a further 355,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate hit a 26-year high, but for a nation mired in its deepest recession since at least World War Two that may be good news.

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