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Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:00 AM

More tales of woe from the unemployment line

The number of Americans receiving jobless benefits sets a record for the 19th straight week.
Andrew Leonard

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  • Thursday, June 11, 2009 05:08 PM

    Same comment I post every time the numbers come out

    Every time a set of numbers promising "green shoots" hits the news, I say more or less the same thing: Wait for the revision.

    (T)oday's report tells us that last week's number has been revised upward, to 6,757,000, which represented a 7000 increase over the week before, and thus the 18th straight week of rising claims.

    Hoocoodanode? :)

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