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More bad economic news: The number of American workers claiming unemployment benefits reached a 26-year high last week. New claims for state unemployment benefits jumped 58,000 to 573,000. Continuous unemployment claims also surged by 338,000 to about 4.5 million in the week ending November 29. A Citigroup economist predicted that the unemployment rate will exceed 7 percent before the year’s end.