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2008-08-03 — nytimes.com
The unemployment rate spiked again in July, to 5.7 percent, its highest level in more than four years and a strong signal that come Election Day millions of Americans will still be hunting for work... For millions still at work, hours were reduced, a hidden form of unemployment, and the average raise was less than enough to keep up with inflation.
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