The unemployment rate is unlikely to tick back up to 9 percent, Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chief Executive Warren Buffett said on Monday.

Buffett said Berkshire's businesses not related to housing are hiring and Berkshire as a whole is likely to have more employees at year's end than at the start of the year.

(Reporting By Ben Berkowitz; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)

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