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He said the president still thinks the jobless rate will rise above 10 percent this year before it improves.

A few brave officials are beginning to sound warnings that the jobless rate is likely to "stay high" .

It could take months or even years of above-trend economic growth to get the jobless rate back to its longer-run trend.

Some indirect costs of unemployment, though, seem to be amplified when the jobless are young.

The jobless rate, which stood at a low 4. 9 percent a year ago, has jumped a full percentage point over just the last three months.

In Spain the building bust has pushed the jobless rate up by two-thirds in a year, to 14. 8% in January.

Struggling small businesses do not bode well for a swift fall in the jobless rate either .

The White House must placate investors nervous about deficit spending with the political imperative of getting the jobless rate down.

He argued that it was the government's duty to relieve the plight of the jobless by increasing aggregate demand for goods and services.

The jobless rate is likely to remain elevated as an improving labor market lures discouraged job seekers back into the labor force.

Political analysts say bad economic news is to blame, especially the recent tick up in the jobless rate to 9. 1%.

And women have been particularly prominent in the social sector, devising new programs for the mostly male ranks of the jobless or homeless.

Yet it would be unwise for policymakers to hope that stronger demand will mop up all the jobless.

As the jobless ranks swell around the world in coming months, the backlash against globalisation will grow.

Although the jobless rate across the bloc rose only slightly, there were significant differences in individual countries.

Extra money for the jobless is an effective stimulus measure since cash-starved households are likely to spend it.

"The jobless rate is going to continue to rise, " said Bernard Baumohl, managing director of the Economic Outlook Group.

But fresh thinking about ways to help the jobless get the skills they need might stop people expecting miracles from central banks.

Politicians may lean on the board to hire their idiot nephews, chase visions of national greatness or mop up the jobless masses.

Official figures show China still needs to create at least 12 million new jobs to absorb the jobless army even if the country's GDP hits 8%.

Opposition Republicans say the jobless numbers show that the Obama administration's economic program is not working.

The ranks of the jobless have been growing, while big financial firms that got taxpayer bailout money have been thriving.

In the early 1980s the jobless rate rose from 5. 5% of the labour force before recession started to 11. 9% three years after it had ended.

Unemployment is a lagging indicator, so even after the economy begins to grow again, the jobless tally is likely to rise for some time.

If he is lucky, the economy may have turned decisively in time for re-election, though the jobless rate will remain critical to the outcome.

DI is not supposed to be a safety net for the jobless.

It is not enough to give health care to the sick, or jobs to the jobless, or education to our children.

Spain, whose economy is barely growing and where the jobless rate is 20%, would love to have America's problems.

While the jobless count grew by seven million in the United States, Germany experienced only a slight increase.

In Germany, where the jobless rate is lower than in 2008, people tend to think the crisis is about lazy Greeks and Italians.

As the economy tumbles and unemployment rates soar, the jobless are using creativity to make themselves stand out.

But when the jobless figures are adjusted to an internationally comparable definition, the rate in 2005 was less than 4%.

Welfare reform is not about "stereotyping" the jobless, he waffled, but "transforming their lives" .

It might not be so bad if the jobless could expect to find new employment fairly soon.

That's a slow-growth scenario that could make the "jobless recovery" of the last recession look benign.

The jobless rate is now the highest since the end of 1996, six months before Labour won power.

Far less attention has been paid to the flip side of the jobless recovery: the remarkable improvement in American productivity.

The agriculture ministry suggested sending the jobless to the hinterland to work on farms and fisheries.

France is readying a bill to cut the workweek and introduce flexi-time working, in a move to pare the jobless rate.

CORRESPONDENT The Bush administration inherited a weakening economy, but acknowledged it is disappointed in the jobless recovery.

The jobless benefits program resumed in August after Democrats gained enough votes to pass an extension through November.

The jobless can only hope such predictions come true.

Some economists have far gloomier outlooks, predicting the jobless rate will reach 11 percent, as the country slides towards recession.

Massive stimulus spending has barely dented the jobless numbers and has pushed the deficit to vertiginous heights.

The jobless rate is expected to remain around 10 percent for most of this year, which is close to a 26-year high.

That scenario is worse than the current state of the economy, in which the jobless rate is below 9 percent.

This will probably change once the reality of the jobless recovery becomes all too apparent.

Even so, "the jobless rate was still expected to decline slowly and to remain elevated at the end of 2012, " the minutes said.

Make-work schemes mop up some of the jobless, but may blot a curriculum vitae.

So a policy that would keep them off the jobless register has obvious appeal for the government.

The jobless rate rose as high as 10. 8 percent in late 1982, just as the recession ended, before inching down.

The agency director says their data are fine; the jobless claims have simply ballooned over the past few months.

But even if the economy does turn up before too long, the prospects for the jobless still look grim.

Despite the economic boost provided by the World Cup, the ranks of the jobless continue to grow.

It was the third consecutive quarter the jobless rate had risen.

The jobless gender gap could exacerbate Democrats historic problems with male voters.

The jobless rate has already exceeded that figure, and may climb higher when new numbers are released on Friday.

As job growth picks up, these workers could re-enter the labor force, keeping upward pressure on the jobless rate.

The government has told the unions that it cannot simply favour the employed at the expense of the jobless and poor.

It discusses the "jobless" growth currently occurring in some rapidly-developing East Asian economies, including China.

How high could he hike the short-term interest rate to slow the economy when the jobless rate is so high?

The jobless rate, however, is not expected to budge from around 9. 6 percent, where it has been stuck for several months.

That suggests 775, 000 more Americans will join the ranks of the jobless in the next six months.

President Obama's advisers have been overly optimistic about the jobless rate.

Unemployment is expected to rise even as the economy recovers: the jobless rate is now at 9. 8%, a 26-year high.

Some fear a repeat of the "jobless recovery" after the 2001 recession when increasing demand was met by rising productivity.

By that estimate, the jobless rate is at its limit.

The jobless rate, using a broader definition of those looking for work, rose to 6. 1% of the labour force.

THINGS that grew rapidly in 2008 included home foreclosures, government deficits and the ranks of the jobless.

The jobless count typically carries on rising for some time after a recession has ended.

Yet the jobless rate is broadly stable, at 10. 1%, rather than falling as it should with growth above trend.

He expected the peak in foreclosures to lag behind the jobless peak by about six months.

U. S. employment grew solidly for a second month in March and the jobless rate hit a two-year low of 8. 8 percent.

Bill Clinton's welfare reforms, which chivvied the jobless to find work, were also solidly bipartisan.

Evidences show that the jobless are in poorer health than job-holders.

If sidelined workers were counted in the official statistics, the jobless rate today would be 9. 8 percent.

Unemployment is once again the voters' biggest concern; the jobless rate reached 8. 6% in February, well above the European Union average.

It is the third month in a row that the jobless rate has fallen, with February's figure marking a near two-year low.

Given the current woes, the jobless rate could rise to as high as 8. 5 percent by the end of next year, some analysts predict.

The jobless Brazilians live with each other if they cannot pay the rent, and the church provides the neediest with food parcels.

Instead, the jobless rate is now at 9. 5%, despite the $787 billion stimulus passed earlier this year.

His reasoning is that it will encourage employment at a time when the jobless rate is on the rise.

The jobless rate has remained near 10% despite the strengthening recovery.

Even if the government could give the jobless everything they are demanding, which it cannot, that still might not be enough.

Over 4 million jobs have been lost since the recession began and the jobless rate has already hit a 25-year high of 8. 1 percent.

The jobless claims news is highly encouraging.

Both factors will make it difficult rapidly to re-employ the jobless.

eg. He felt pity for the jobless man.

Employment jumped by 175, 000 in the most recent three months (to November) compared with the previous quarter, and the jobless rate fell.

The jobless rate ticked up in August, from 9. 5% to 9. 6%.

But in Greece, an OECD country with the worst ranking on Doing Business indicators, the jobless rate is 10. 9 percent.

The labour department said the jobless rate jumped to 7. 2%, the highest level since 1993, from 6. 8% in November.

But, the jobless rate remained stuck at 9. 6 percent, and the president says more work is needed.

While the jobless rate held steady last month, other measures of unemployment grew darker.

the jobless rate and the nation's gross domestic product.

The slow economy is really a burden on the jobless rate now.

The jobless rate rose for 15 months after the end of the 1990-91 recession when battered banks were reluctant to lend.

Such resilience is why the jobless rate fell to 4. 4% in October, its lowest since 2001, and why both wages and hours worked grew smartly.

Fully 89 percent of young Latinos think a college degree is essential, while the jobless rate for Latino graduates has spiked.

Unease about deficits and the "jobless recovery" were factors behind the increasing clout of tea-partiers in America.

Unease about deficits and the "jobless recovery" were factors behind the increasing clout of tea-parties in America.

In the jobless recoveries that followed the 1990-91 and 2001 recessions, productivity growth was quite strong.

To the jobless young and immigrants, it will be less so.

In short, we're well on the way to creating a permanent underclass of the jobless.

The jobless recovery is also a wage less recovery for many.

Then come the jobless and the working poor, who are midgets.

Private payrolls that exclude government agencies also gained more than forecast, while the jobless rate held at 9. 6 percent.

It's a wonder the jobless rate isn't even higher than it is.

On this measure, the jobless accounted for 6. 5% of the labour force, also the highest since 1997.

The country added 26000 jobs as the jobless rate fell to 4. 4 percent, its lowest since December 1987, Statistics New Zealand said.

So far this year the jobless rate has been 5. 82 percent, nearly double the 2. 99 percent recorded as late as in 2000.

Millions lost their jobs, lifting the jobless rate to 10. 8%.

The jobless rate is well below the level that is consistent with stable prices.

Output is now expected to rise by 2% in 2010 (compared with 3. 2% in the original budget), while the jobless rate peaks at 10%.

As a result, the 'jobless recovery' has become the norm.

The jobless rate dipped marginally in December to 6. 5 per cent.

Despite the expected sharp drop in employment, the jobless rate probably only rose a touch to 9. 6 percent from 9. 5 percent in July.

The jobless rate held at 9. 6 percent, where it's been since August.

But because of the massive slack in the labor market, they expect the jobless rate to fall only to 9. 3% by December.

The jobless rate has already reached 9. 4 percent.

But if benefits are kept high for too long they will make the jobless less keen to search for work.

The country added 26000 jobs as the jobless rate fell to 4 . 4 percent .

The jobless rate rose to 8. 1 percent in January, the highest since March 2005, the Federal Statistics Service said yesterday.

Half don't see the jobless rate returning to 5. 5%, roughly full employment, before 2015.

In 1958, Republicans lost 47 seats after the jobless rate rose steadily from 4. 3 percent to 7. 5 percent close to the election.

It refers to the 99 weeks of benefits that the jobless can qualify for in America.

It rose in June to 9. 2 per cent, leaving 14. 6m stranded by the "jobless recovery" .

The jobless rate was 4. 2 per cent at the end of 2005.

But July job cuts were revised upward, while the jobless rate jumped to 9. 7 percent, a fresh 26-year high.

wanting to gain more but pay less, both the jobless and graduating students aspire to seek a job that is well-paid, relaxed and comfortable.

Any job creation is welcome news, " Boehner said. " But the jobless rate in our country is still unacceptably high.

The jobless rate is now above 10%, its highest for over ten years, compared with 7. 5% in Germany and 8% in Britain.

More than 6. 5m people (more than 45 per cent of the jobless) have not worked for 27 weeks or more, compared with 3. 2m this time last year.

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There are, broadly speaking, two ways to get the jobless into work. One is to make life on benefits uncomfortable or precarious;

An investigation of the leisure life quality of the jobless group