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Friday, Jan. 09, 2009

Open quoteThese numbers, back-to-back, of more than a half-million a month suggest that the U.S. economy is in a freefall.Close quote

  • NARIMAN BEHRAVESH,
  • chief economist at IHS Global Insight, after unemployment rates hit 7.2% — a 16-year high
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