Jobless rate 9.8%; layoffs top forecast
263,000 workers let go in September
Posted: October 3, 2009 at 7:24 a.m.
The nation's unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September as employers cut far more jobs than expected, the Labor Department reported Friday.
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