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State's jobless rate stuck near record

Tens of thousands give up on looking

Dean Calbreath, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE

Saturday, January 23, 2010

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“Usually in December, the total number for employment is positive because of hiring for the holidays. But this year it’s negative,” said Kelly Cunningham, economist at the National University System’s Institute for Policy Research. “The best thing that could be said is that if you add the October and November numbers to December, we did add jobs for the quarter, so maybe we could be bottoming out.”