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

Reduced rates of return will lower investment rates.

Participation rates of women in higher education are greater than those of men.

Comparing these interest rates with the yields on government inflation protected bonds shows that the corresponding implied inflation rates are 0.9 for five years, 1.3 for 10 years and 1.7 for 30 years.

T hat has to subtract growth and could cause core inflation to pick up.

Unemployment fell to 3.8 without any surge in inflation.

Overall, computer penetration rates are very similar to Internet penetration rates.

Savings rates shot up.

Infant Mortality Rates

Indeed, the government s key economic committee, the Central Work Committee, has concluded that after years of high growth and low inflation, China is on a route to high growth with high inflation.

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

At any rate, employment seems to have become decoupled from growth.

As inequality rises, consumption rates generally drop and savings rates generally rise.

There are other instruments available for increasing domestic saving and reducing consumption besides the fiscal balance.

So, what should be done? First, politicians, or central bankers, should not be blamed for imported inflation, just as we should not give them credit for low inflation when the global environment is benign.

Vacancy rates and staffing

The pace of urbanization is astonishing.

Birth Rates and Fertility Rates

Mortality Rates and Causes of Death

Vacancy rate analysis

High vacancy rates

Unfortunately, in no month before or since have births outpaced deaths.

First, poverty rates increased despite overall growth in the economy and in employment rates.

The paper that reported the story is owned by the government and sells more copies than all other newspapers combined.

Indeed, thanks to the scheme, school attendance rates have improved, sometimes by as much as 10 , and dropout rates have declined.

My cholesterol levels are high.

The rate of economic decline has slowed.

Labor market reform Persistently high unemployment and large scale withdrawal from the labor force are a constant reminder of a malfunctioning labor market that needs support through better training and retooling.

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

Although divorce rates leveled off in the 1990 s, cohabitation and unwed childbearing have continued to rise.

(e) To increase enrolment rates and reduce repetition and dropout rates and ensure that all children have effective access to primary education free of charge

Absent the willingness of large developing countries to run trade surpluses and high savings rates relative to investment, the asset bubble in the US leading to a rise in domestic consumption and a fall in the savings rate would have triggered inflation and higher interest rates.

OECD countries with higher female labor force participation rates also have higher birth rates.

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

The number of deaths is projected to increase due to higher smoking rates and an aging population in many countries.

In Vietnam, it is even higher and is expected to approach 18.2 this year, and in India it is 5.8 . By contrast, US inflation stands at 3 .

America s Saving Rate and the Dollar s Future

High figures persist for unemployment and underemployment.

Education Rates, Attendance Rates and Drop Out Rates

Table 4 Female heads of households, by region

Infant mortality rates remain high.

Reducing mortality in childhood

Reinhart and Rogoff offer a couple of reasons for the difference in recovery rates the slow policy response to the Great Depression and the gold standard, which meant that individual countries could not export their way out of depression.

During the low inflation era, which dates from the early 1990 s, developed country annual inflation rates averaged 2.4 .

The rapid population growth in these periods was due to high birth rates at a time when mortality started to diminish.