Unemployment to stay 'unacceptably high' - Geithner

WASHINGTON, April 1 | Thu Apr 1, 2010 7:23am EDT

WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate, currently at 9.7 percent, will remain "unacceptably high" for some time to come, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday.

"The unemployment rate is still terribly high and it's going to stay unacceptably high for a long period of time," Geithner said on NBC's "Today" Show.

The government reports its March unemployment figures on Friday. (Editing by Alan Elsner)

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