毕竟，国家的失业率已经达到自1983年来的最高水平，8.1%。据经济学家预测，在2010年达到9%。

After all, the national unemployment rate is 8.1 percent, the highest since 1983, and economists predict it will reach 9 percent by 2010.

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一些经济学家看到的前景则更为黯淡。他们预测，当国家陷入衰退，失业率会达到11%。

Some economists have far gloomier outlooks, predicting the jobless rate will reach 11 percent, as the country slides towards recession.

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一些经济学家看到的前景则更为黯淡。他们预测，当国家陷入衰退，失业率会达到11%。

Some economists have far gloomier outlooks, predicting the jobless rate will reach 11 percent, as the country slides towards recession.

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