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Jobless Americans struggle to cope
US unemployment rate remains high despite growing economy.
Last Modified: 01 Apr 2010 21:08 GMT

If the global recession is over, and the economy does indeed add jobs as predicted, why are so many people in the United States still out of work?

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Economists are debating whether the country is in the throws of a so-called "jobless recovery".

That is when other sectors of the economy begin to grow, but unemployment remains high.

Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds went to a labour rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and found out-of-work Americans who are furious at being left behind.

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Al Jazeera
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