WASHINGTON – There were 573,000 first-time filings for unemployment insurance last week, a 58,000 increase from the week before, the Labor Department reported today.

Last week's new claims figures were the highest since 1982, when the nation was also in a recession.

During the first week of December in 2007 there were 337,000 first-time filings.

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