Article: Dulling recovery hopes, jobless rate hits 10.2%.(Front)

The Labor Department said the economy shed 190,000 jobs in October.

By Jeannine Aversa and Christopher S. Rugaber

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON

Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought.

The jobless rate jumped to 10.2 percent in October, the highest since early 1983, dealing a psychological blow to Americans as they prepare holiday shopping lists. It was another worse-than-expected report casting a shadow over the struggling ...

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