The unemployment rate climbed from 5 percent in April '08 to a 25-year high in February ’09, and continued to rise for several months, topping double digits that fall with a rate of 10.2 percent.

08年4月失业率为5%，当时这一数据已为25年来新高，但自09年1月起，失业率继续不断上升，最后停留在10.2%，为原有数据的两倍。

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The data also showed that the number of women out of work increased by 43, 000 to 1.09 million, the highest level since February 1988.

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They said December 2009 and January and February this year were 2C colder than for the same period in 2007-08 and 2008-09.

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