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Economists Predict Unemployment Rate on Election Day Will Be 7.7 Percent

That will be a lot better than the peak of 10.1 percent from October of 2009, but still high enough that some candidate will probably declare that “the unemployment rate is too damn high!” Don’t forget, Jimmy McMillan is running for president, so that reference won’t be horribly dated in 2012. [WSJ]

Economists Predict Unemployment Rate on Election Day Will Be 7.7 Percent