Thus, a total fertility rate of 2.1 represents replacement level, while anything below represents a sub replacement fertility rate leading to population decline.

This can be done without announcing a specific target level for the exchange rate.

The country has the fastest growing rate of reported HIV AIDS cases in Central America and the fifth fastest rate at the continental level.

First, with its birth rate well below replacement level, Japan s population is aging and shrinking.

The teenage unemployment rate is another under appreciated indicator that is at an alarming level.

Both Moody s and Standard Poor s now rate Japanese bonds at only their fourth highest level.

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 rate at which the sea level rose in the last century was ten times faster than the average rate over the last three millennia.

Likewise, the unemployment rate has fallen throughout the crisis, reaching 5.2 , the lowest level since reunification.

As for the exchange rate, PPP is only one of many ways to calculate its equilibrium level.

There is huge room to maneuver between the extremes of targeting a specific level of the real exchange rate and disowning any interest in the real exchange rate.

Managing a floating rate has also allowed Latin American countries to accumulate a significant level of international reserves.

Thus, lowering inflation would require reducing the growth rate (if not the level) of these two demand components.

Criticisms The natural rate hypothesis makes the fundamental assumption that there exists a unique equilibrium level of unemployment.

Government employment is falling at the fastest rate since the 1940 s, and is now at its 2006 level.

If the saving rate now rises quickly to that level, it will be hard to keep overall GDP growing.

The annual average Ontario labour force participation rate of 68.4 percent in 2003 was the highest level since 1991.

And, because people trade bonds for commodities, cash, and stocks, the prices of government debt are the rate of inflation, the nominal interest rate, and the level of the stock market.

The Fed warns that it might increase the federal funds rate if the anticipated annual inflation rate rises from its current level of a bit less than 2 to more than 2.5 .

The gross enrolment rate at the primary level of urban females was 87 while that of rural females was 52.

If employment began rising at this rate in 2010, it would take until 2015 before it reached its pre recession level.

The new PPP data also have implications for evaluating the extent of poverty and the level of a currency s exchange rate.

Without further declines in the saving rate from this very low level, consumer spending will not continue to grow as robustly.

Depending on the difficulty of the required tasks and the level of pay, these positions often have a high turnover rate.

The low level of qualifications among women, which has led to a high female unemployment rate, following civil service staffing cutbacks.

But the interest rate that Greece must pay buyers of its government bonds has shot up to a record high level of nearly 9 5.9 percentage points above the benchmark rate paid by Germany.

Based on tide gauge data, the rate of global average sea level rise during the 20th century lies in the range 0.8 to 3.3 mm yr, with an average rate of 1.8 mm yr.

In 2007, the average household savings rate was 3.8 and household debt 101 of annual disposable income, a typical level in Europe.

Moreover, from a higher rate level, the ECB would be in a better position to cut rates now that the economy is slowing.

In spite of the high rate of illiteracy among the older groups, current indicators state that the education level of women dramatically increases.

The average rate of realized revenues in 2001 at the Federation level per resident was KM 182.92, and per insured person, KM 220.87.

However, the school dropout rate is high at the secondary level, where Kokborok has yet to be used as a language of instruction.

Female representation in the management of sports associations remains at a low level of around 10 , similar to the rate of women coaches.

The total fertility rate, today estimated at 2.3 children per woman, decreased drastically from the level of 6.2 observed in the mid 60s.

But the next leader of the Fed should be committed to ensuring that America s unemployment rate falls below its current unacceptably high level an unemployment rate of 7 or even 6 should not be viewed as inevitable.

The United Kingdom's assumed high literacy rate (99 at age 15 and above) is attributable to universal public education introduced for the primary level in 1870 (Scotland 1872, free 1890) and secondary level in 1900.

To see why, consider the tax rate necessary to pay for social benefits, which equals the replacement rate (the average level of benefits relative to taxpayer incomes) multiplied by the dependency ratio (the share of the population receiving the benefits). The higher the replacement rate and or dependency ratio, the higher the tax rate needed to pay for the benefits.

No one should realistically expect the renminbi s exchange rate to be determined solely by the income level of the relatively prosperous eastern coastal regions.

Turkey s unemployment rate is currently at its lowest point in a decade, and the public debt ratio is significantly below the pre crisis level.

The cost of buying protection against fluctuations in the euro dollar exchange rate declined last month to its lowest level in nearly five years.

The cap rate could be higher, or it could start higher and be gradually tightened, or it could vary with an individual s income level.

Whatever the education level, the French unemployment rate is two to three times higher among immigrants and their descendants than among the general population.

The gross enrolment rate for middle level was 68 while that for rural females was 21. Comparable figures for males were 58 and 41.

In the US, the inflation rate has also been depressed by the rise in the value of the dollar relative to the euro and other currencies, which has caused import prices to decline. This, too, is a level effect, implying that the inflation rate will rise once the dollar's exchange rate stops appreciating.

7. Decides that the least developed countries should be placed in a separate level and receive the highest rate of discount available under the scale