The plight of the long-term unemployed

Courtesy Digg - Business & Finance  Sat, 12/26/2009 - 12:10

As analysts point to a handful of indicators that suggest the recession is easing, millions of laid-off workers remain caught it in its clutches.

The financial data so crucial to economists means nothing to people who've been jobless for nine months or a year.

To them, only one figure matters, and it's still going the wrong way.

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