Highly Skilled And Out Of Work. Long-Term Joblessness Spreads in Middle Class

An unusually large share of workers have been out a job for more than six months even as overall unemployment has remained low, a little-noted weakness in the labor market that analysts said threatens to intensify the impact of the unfolding economic downturn.

By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer

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