High figures persist for unemployment and underemployment.

Unemployment is 16 and rising.

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

The German economy faced a decade of high unemployment and slow growth.

It also explains why Continental Europe has had such high unemployment rates for so long.

It is not true that automation has caused the rise of unemployment since 2008.

Currently, the Maghreb countries suffer from soaring unemployment, poverty, and high prices for basic commodities.

Rising structural unemployment will reduce labor input and efficiency.

When an economy is suffering from high unemployment and weak aggregate demand, spending cuts are contractionary.

And, despite the spike in unemployment, productivity growth in the eurozone is decidedly negative.

Of course, with unemployment rising every month, it is difficult to remain popular for long.

If a government attempts to push the unemployment rate too low, inflation will increase, and so, too, will inflationary expectations.

The result has been elevated unit labor costs relative to France s peer group (especially Germany) and stubbornly high unemployment.

These states also tended to have the largest rise in unemployment rates between 2006 and 2009.

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

This type of government spending can create labor intensive jobs that will help to stem rising unemployment.

In this view, the Federal Reserve should aggressively pursue low unemployment, until it is shown that inflation is rising.

In an era of extraordinarily high unemployment, political pressures only compound the problem.

The Obama administration seems surprised and disappointed with high and rising joblessness.

These programs have the ability to increase employment opportunities and address the social problems that often accompany high unemployment.

That analysis both anticipated and explained the combination of rising inflation and rising unemployment of the 1970 s that came to be known as stagflation.

Using RMB appreciation as the primary tool to fight inflation implies accepting a temporarily higher unemployment rate now in exchange for a permanently lower unemployment rate in the future.

If the euro survives, it will come at the price of high unemployment and enormous suffering, especially in the crisis countries.

Daily wages for laborers in Baghdad have doubled in the last three years hardly a sign of rising unemployment.

But rising unemployment and falling incomes underscore the enduring threat of poverty worldwide.

Yet workers share of the pie is falling, thanks to high unemployment, shortened working hours, and stagnant wages.

Some policymakers have concluded from Phelps analysis that the unemployment rate cannot be lowered permanently without ever increasing levels of inflation.

Comparing countries, there was no relationship between either the depth and duration of the output collapse and the increase in levels of protection, or the magnitude of the rise in unemployment and the extent of protectionism.

Over the past 25 years in Europe, unemployment rose as monetary policy was tightened and interest rates were raised to fight inflation.

That is a weak growth trajectory by any standard likely to result in rising unemployment and further deterioration in consumer confidence.

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

With unemployment rising, income dropping to record low levels, and internal tensions escalating, fighting between supporters of Hamas and Fatah began.

But the public often views interest rate increases as negative events that increase unemployment and stifle growth. Blame game politicians like Berlusconi, who have failed to put bread on the table, their minions in the media, and Keynesian economic professors who don t understand and misrepresent Keynes sustain this distorted view.

As unemployment again rises to catastrophic heights, they will have no alternative, it is said, but to abandon the euro unilaterally.

High vacancy rates

While the US no longer suffers from rising unemployment, the current 9.5 jobless rate is very high for the US, roughly double its level before the recession.

Seventh, the reasons for advanced economies high unemployment and anemic growth are structural, including the rise of competitive emerging markets.

Yet this global construct comes under pressure in an environment in which advanced countries have stubbornly high unemployment and bouts of financial volatility.

Lacking well developed industrial production and intra community trade, devaluation brought them higher import prices, inflation, and rising unemployment.

Western Europe has already experienced three decades of indirect migration into the welfare state, as social benefits have created artificially high wages for the unskilled, simultaneously fueling excessive immigration and unemployment.

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.

Today, however, as Europeans struggle with high unemployment and stagnating living standards, they may have to work longer to cope with globalization.