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

Unemployment hovers at 20 .

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

Now unemployment is Germany s biggest problem, standing at a postwar record.

In the US, unemployment insurance is organized at the state level.

Unemployment, moreover, is rising at its fastest rate in seven years.

And unemployment hovers above 10 , with youth unemployment far higher, at roughly 25 .

Brazil s unemployment rate, for example, is at lows not seen for decades.

Labor market experts thus consider the unemployment rate a potentially misleading indicator, because a youth unemployment rate of 50 does not mean that half of the young population is unemployed. That is why one should look at the unemployment ratio the percentage of the unemployed in the reference population rather than at the unemployment rate.

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

Unemployment is now running at over 40 in Kosovo and breeds political volatility.

At a time when unemployment in many nations is rising, we need new jobs.

Unemployment stands at about 12 , and is probably twice as high among young people.

The unemployment rate, at 12.4 , is higher than in every other state except Nevada.

At the moment, America s economy is limping along with slow growth and high unemployment.

In October 2011, unemployment rate stood at 17.4 .

At a time when growth is too slow to reduce massive unemployment, every decimal matters.

The unemployment rate, expected to peak this year at 15 , is now above 25 and is still rising.

In the eurozone, by contrast, unemployment is running at a socially catastrophic 12 and is continuing to rise.

Unemployment is about 6.7 .

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

Unemployment is at a cyclical low, and the economy appears to be less volatile than at any point in modern history.

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

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

Unemployment is 16 and rising.

In the US, the unemployment rate, currently at 9.5 , is poised to rise above 10 by the fall.

At the same time, technological unemployment has been on the rise.

At the start of 1996, the US unemployment rate was 5.6 .

Unemployment is rising to record levels.

The aim is to reduce unemployment.

Unemployment is unacceptably high, and is still rising.

Despite unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus, economic growth remains sluggish, and unemployment is stuck at a worrisomely high level.

The rate of unemployment amongst Ethiopians is estimated at about 13.2 compared with 7.4 in the general Israeli population.

One idea that has been mooted repeatedly in Europe is to create some European, or at least eurozone, unemployment insurance fund. This idea is attractive at first sight.

The unemployment rate, now at 7 , is slightly lower than it was even at the peak of the last boom, in autumn 2008, and is expected to decline.

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

Unemployment stands at about 12 in Italy, and 38 for the young.

In this earlier essay, however, Keynes distinguished between unemployment caused by temporary economic breakdowns and what he called technological unemployment that is, unemployment due to the discovery of means of economizing the use of labor outrunning the pace at which we can find new uses for labor.

The US unemployment rate has declined to around 7.7 and the current account deficit is close to 500 billion, while eurozone unemployment is at a record high, near 12 , and the current account shows a surplus approaching 100 billion.

For nothing converts cyclical unemployment into structural unemployment more certainly than prolonged unemployment.

In 2003, GDP per capita was over 485, inflation stood at 3 urban unemployment was 5.78 , of which the unemployment among women accounted for 7.22 .

On both sides of the Atlantic, unemployment remained stubbornly high, at around 10 .

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.

That is what mismatch structural unemployment looks like and it is not what we have today, at least not in Europe and North America.

Unemployment rates for females are higher than those for males, and youth unemployment is greater than that of adults.