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The national job market continued to falter in large metro areas for the latter part of 2009 and into 2010, according to "U.S. Metro Economies: Pace of Economic Recovery: GMP and Jobs," released in January by the Washington-based U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM). The U.S. unemployment rate will peak in the first quarter of 2010, averaging 10.2 percent between January-March, up from 4.9 percent just two years earlier, according to the USCM report.