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Unemployment
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Unemployment has risen 0.2 percent to 5.8 percent.
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Teresa Tritch, Washington Bureau Chief at Money Magazine
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This is the first jump in unemployment in 3 months.
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Linda talks with Teresa Tritch, Washington Bureau Chief at Money Magazine about unemployment figures released today. According to the Labor departments figures, unemployment has risen .2 percent to 5.8. It's the first jump in 3 months, the biggest since last spring. Tritch explains that umployment may have jumped because of the Blizzard last month and because of the federal shutdown, but also because of deeper rooted problems in the U-S economy. She suggests that we may be in for a more sluggish economy in the very near future.
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