Jobless rate goes upward to eight-year high

Saturday, May 3, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The nation's unemployment rate swelled to 6 percent in April, returning to an eight-year high as employers slashed payrolls even deeper. The ailing economy has lost a half million jobs in the past three months.

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