So the high share of government employment contributes to the region s low unemployment rate.

Slack labor markets with rising unemployment rates will cap wage and labor costs.

America s high rate of unemployment and the low rates of capacity utilization imply that there is little upward pressure on wages and prices in the US.

This is the main reason why economic activity in 2009 and 2010 was so much lower than had been forecast and why unemployment was so much higher.

Governments could afford the cost of the subsidies since cutting unemployment would not only lower public security costs, but would also reduce the need for welfare programs.

The Commission is encouraged by the reduction of the unemployment rate.

One narrative features a robust German economy with low unemployment, strong finances, and the right competitive position to exploit the most dynamic segments of global demand.

But if growth were higher and unemployment were falling, such scandals would not be treated as such a drama.

That would have been painful, but it could have spared the Greeks from a 7 decline in GDP and a rise in unemployment to 22 (including an increase in youth unemployment to a whopping 48 ).

High figures persist for unemployment and underemployment.

As the Great Recession drives up the number of such discouraged workers, adult unemployment rates appear to fall presenting a distorted picture of reality.

Unemployment fell to 3.8 without any surge in inflation.

Unemployment is rising to record levels.

Economic activity collapsed and unemployment surged.

Unemployment rises to record high levels.

Savvy investors, like frustrated voters, recognize that low growth and high unemployment actually enlarge deficits and add to debt in the short run.

Meanwhile, massive corruption is devastating Egypt s economy, with growth falling by half in the last two years, accompanied by rising unemployment, higher inflation, and currency depreciation.

Output collapsed and unemployment soared.

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Output fell and unemployment skyrocketed.

Alternatively, labor could migrate from high unemployment southern Europe to lower unemployment northern Europe.

The result is slower population growth.

As a result, a RMB1 billion reduction in exports would create more unemployment than a RMB1 billion reduction in investment spending.

In 2004, we looked at labor force participation rates and again at unemployment. Still no correlation.

François Mitterrand promised rapid growth and lower unemployment when he came to power in 1981, but presided over an economic slowdown and rising unemployment.

Wages are already falling under the weight of extremely high unemployment rates.

Without domestic structural change, currency appreciation would not only undermine exports, but might also decrease imports, owing to higher unemployment and lower income.

Lower productivity and higher unit labor costs eroded firms' willingness to hire, leaving Europe with chronically higher unemployment than in the US.

Inequality leads to lower growth and less efficiency.

Unemployment is 16 and rising.

Falling employment lowers wage and salary incomes.

Low unemployment in Britain has resulted in the Army having difficulty in meeting its target.

Others, who see a substantially undervalued renminbi as a significant factor in US unemployment, will be disappointed by gradual adjustment.

The public health system is in disarray, mortality rates have increased, and birthrates are declining.

Unemployment has remained remarkably low and confidence relatively high.

Unemployment is conservatively estimated at a staggering 40 of the workforce.

Unemployment hovers at 20 .

But the price for protecting workers and firms was slower growth and higher unemployment.

It needs policies that hold out the promise of lower unemployment and better times.

America s high rate of unemployment and the low rates of capacity utilization imply that there is little upward pressure on wages and prices in the US. And the recent rise in the value of the dollar relative to the euro and the British pound helps by reducing import costs.

In Spain and Greece, unemployment is approaching 30 , while youth unemployment is nearing a staggering 60 .

The weight of evidence indicates that the cost of undoing the mistake of pushing unemployment down too far is itself very low, at least for countries like the US, where the relationship has been carefully studied.

Young people have the highest rates of unemployment and are in many ways the most vulnerable to the social depredations caused by unemployment and poverty.

But both have fallen, and in continental Europe unemployment is higher.

In two decades time, high unemployment would creep back.