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First Friday of every month,the U.S. government usually announces the currentunemployment rate.
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Bad news; This past Friday's announcement came as a surprise; therate went up to 9.8 percent.
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It had been 9.6 percent for several months.
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Some expertswere predicting it would stay the same.
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More than 15 million Americans looking forwork,not good news.
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But there are some people who are actually encouraged by the increase.
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The unemployment rate only counts people who are actively looking for jobs.
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Soif the rate goes up, it could mean that Americans who'd stopped looking think theyhave a better chance of finding work,so they're back on the job hunt.
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Still,analysts sayit is disappointing the overall job market hasn't gotten better.
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