Everywhere, long term unemployment became acute.

That outcome is more likely if high rates of long term unemployment and underemployment persist even as the inflation rate rises.

By that point, a great deal of unemployment had become long term unemployment, which had two consequences.

Social problems, such as long term unemployment, poverty, and homelessness are common.

Moreover, unemployment in the eurozone has skyrocketed to an average rate of roughly 12 , with more than 50 youth unemployment in the periphery countries implying a long term loss of talent and erosion of the tax base.

Since WWII, the US unemployment rate has averaged 8 when the short term nominal T bill rate is 2 or lower.

Krueger s analysis indicates that the rate of inflation begins to increase when the short term unemployment rate falls to 4 4.5 . With short term unemployment currently at 4.2 , the inflation rate is indeed rising, and Krueger s research suggests that it will increase further in the months ahead.

Unemployment remains far too high, with alarming levels of long term and youth joblessness.

Short run exchange rate adjustments simply cannot fix negative long term trends.

The employment rate for females between 15 and 64 years of age had increased from 40 per cent in 1994 to 56 per cent in 2004 the female unemployment rate was down to 3.6 per cent, and long term unemployment of more than one year stood at 0.8 per cent.

It is not long ago that job creation was negative and the unemployment rate stood at 10 .

There are almost five million long term unemployed Americans, constituting more than 40 of total unemployment.

The large number of long term unemployed may make the problem more difficult this time by causing the unemployment rate to remain high even when product markets are beginning to experience rising inflation.

If unemployment was not stuck quite at Great Depression levels, it remained high enough to make long term joblessness or the fear of long term joblessness a defining experience.

Unemployment rate was 10 .

The March unemployment rate of 8.2 was nearly three percentage points above what most economists would consider a desirable and sustainable long run level rate.

The ECB has been offering long term loans to banks at a favorable rate.

If the economy is at potential, the unemployment rate equals the NAIRU or the natural rate of unemployment.

As a result, France has had chronic long term unemployment forecast to reach 10.5 by 2013 for many years.

The other aspect of the problem is the long term increase in technology driven unemployment, largely owing to automation.

For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long term unemployment now, as in the 1930 s is a tragedy.

Indeed, unemployment data in many advanced countries are dominated by long term joblessness (usually defined as six months or more).

The high unemployment rate among women was a reflection of Latvia's overall unemployment rate, which stood at 10.6 per cent.

Indeed, the days when we in Britain thought it was normal to have an unemployment rate of 2 have long since passed.

Already, too many of our economy s difficulties, including worrisome trends in youth joblessness and long term unemployment, risk becoming structurally embedded.

Fiscal weakness, a resetting of real estate values, and lower consumption all point to the potential for long term structural unemployment.

Unemployment, especially among the young, and the depletion of both oil and underground water resources are major long term economic problems.

Unemployment, especially among the young, and the depletion of both oil and underground water resources are major long term economic problems.

The unemployment rate was 11.3 in 2006.

In October 2011, unemployment rate was 17.4 .

But this history means that the true real long term interest rate was not as high in the 1980 s as our measures show, because long term inflation expectations must have been much higher than the one year inflation rate was at the time.

Investors are buying long term bonds at the current low interest rates because the interest rate on short term investments is now close to zero.

It will also make relocating even more difficult for Americans in certain parts of the country, aggravating the long term unemployment problem.

BERKELEY The United States today is facing a crisis of long term unemployment unlike anything it has seen since the 1930 s.

This crisis of long term unemployment is having a profoundly damaging impact on the lives of those bearing the brunt of it.

But there are reforms that can facilitate economic adjustment, and thus ease social pain by countering the growth in long term unemployment.

The current system underpins Spain s soaring unemployment rate.

In October 2011, unemployment rate stood at 17.4 .

In 2001 and 2002 the unemployment rate dropped.

The recent rise in the US household saving rate reversed a long term decline that began 25 years ago.

While too rapid a rate of immigration can cause social problems, over the long term, immigration strengthens US power.

Similarly, loans for economic development should be extended at a concessionary interest rate with a long term payback schedule.

The low interest rate on long term Treasury bonds has also boosted demand for other long term assets that promise higher yields, including equities, farm land, high yield corporate bonds, gold, and real estate.

But the ECB has signaled that big interest rate cuts are unlikely as long as the German economy remains strong, with relatively low unemployment.

But the current version of this promise not to raise the overnight interest rate until the unemployment rate drops below 6.5 no longer implies that short term rates will remain low for an extended period.