The number of people older than 55 who are collecting unemployment benefits in the Houston area has jumped 145 percent since this time last year.

在休斯顿市，55岁以上的领取失业津贴的人数比去年同期激增了145%。

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And if so, how should it be treated if someone is collecting unemployment benefits?

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When people spend less time collecting unemployment benefits, they stop being recounted again and again in the monthly unemployment survey.

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The number of people who have been collecting unemployment benefits topped 4 million for the week that ended November 8, the highest the figure had been since December 1982.

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