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The report showed that some 5.1 million jobs have disappeared since the recession began in December 2007.
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The unemployment rate, which was 5 percent in December2007, spiked during the next two years and hit a post-recession peak of 10 percent in October 2009.
In contrast, in the case of the U.S. recession, total employment fell by 5.9% from its November 2007 peak to its December 2009 trough, and then rebounded 1.5% by March 2011.