Jobless Rate Rose to 6% In November; 8-Year High.

Discusses the increase in U.S. unemployment. Decrease in manufacturing positions that affected the unemployment rate; Expectation that the unemployment rate would not fall as much as it did; Hope that the U.S. economy will improve in 2003; Impact that unemployment has on black and teenage workers; Hope that the replacements for U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill and director of the National Economic Council Lawrence B. Lindsey will extend the length of time someone can collect unemployment benefits.