More people out of work leads to higher unemployment.`
Calvin Coolidge
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The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.
Milton Friedman
Productivity was obviously a good number. If it can continue to exist while unemployment remains at historically low levels, that says good things about the economy.
Alex Motola
The rise of unemployment claims in June, largely due to a fallout of the since-settled General Motors strike, drove most of the decline in the leading index.
Michael Boldin
It's not disastrous, but it suggests pretty sluggish growth. The state unemployment rate has pretty much trended upward since May.
Jason Bram
The ECB is trying to walk a very fine line between its mandate to control the budding inflationary pressures in the euro-zone and its desire to nurture the nascent economic recovery in the region where the unemployment rates stands at nearly 10%.
Boris Schlossberg
John Kerry has fought again and again to extend unemployment benefits for workers left behind in the Bush economy. The reason we haven't succeeded is because George Bush opposes extending unemployment insurance, and so do his allies.
David Wade
We listened to Washington's recipes for our economies for years and what did it bring us? More poverty and more unemployment. Free trade won't be any different.
Daniel Rodriguez
Labour has overseen an extended period of high growth, relatively low inflation, low unemployment-high job creation - and yet it has a fight on its hands.
Richard Shaw
In Europe, the stronger growth and reductions in unemployment are now arriving, ... But for better performance to endure, Europe will require substantial structural reforms.
Lawrence Summers
As spring arrives, outdoor business endeavors should increase causing the unemployment rate to continue to drop over the next couple of months.
Wayne Gasson
While my state experiences unemployment rates not seen since the Great Depression, it is unconscionable that illegal workers would be brought into Louisiana, aggravating our employment crisis and depressing earnings for our workers.
Mary Landrieu
It's very hard to describe an economy with the lowest unemployment rate in the world as in recession.
Craig Ebert
There is better confidence in Asia. Corporate profitability is improving, unemployment is falling, wages are rising, interest rates are low, and there's a willingness to buy into assets. People are getting their money out of saving and into assets; otherwise they're competing with inflation.
Chris Reilly
Such a modest increase [in unemployment] is unlikely to have any impact on consumer confidence or affect consumer spending.
Philip Shaw
These subsidies would ... reduce the unemployment rate of low-skilled workers; put the paychecks of low-wage workers closer to the median scale; decrease the unemployed worker's feelings of exclusion, dependence and powerlessness; inculcate the habits of self-efficacy and self-sufficiency; and increase employees' incentive to better themselves.
Al Gini
I don't interpret this as a sign of recovery in activity. Rather, the increase in unemployment of the last six to eight months has been too brutal and exaggerated not to generate this type of correction.
David Naude
As a result, 2006 probably will see only a modest pick-up in economic growth, rising unemployment and, with public spending still growing quite rapidly, another overshoot in the fiscal deficit.
Michael Saunders
The results of this survey are not surprising. 2005 was a phenomenal year for Maryland. Our economy remained red hot, unemployment remained low and we had a number of tremendous wins.
Aris Melissaratos
The unemployment rate in each shire continues to fall, which is very good news for Paterson and regional areas.
Bob Baldwin
The longer the oil prices stay at this level, the more of a weight it puts on the market. That said, unemployment claims reflect the current strength of the economy. But the perception is that the current strength cannot be sustained with oil prices at these levels. As a result, the market is having a hard time making much progress to the upside.
Joe Liro
Four specters haunt the Poor / Old Age, Accident, Sickness and Unemployment. We are going to exorcise them. We are going to drive hunger from the hearth. We mean to banish the workhouse from the horizon of every workman in the land.
David Lloyd George
You've got employers who are facing the highest energy costs, the highest wages, the highest unemployment insurance, the highest real estate costs -- and to now put this on? You're going to be in a position where the job growth isn't there, where people aren't making a decision to grow their business.
Bill Vernon
The central risk to social cohesion is persistent and high unemployment. The speech was littered with a variety of fresh initiatives that heighten the probability of increasingly robust job creation.
Goolam Ballim
We've gone to the unemployment office and have people come out and they maybe last a half a day and then they leave. They say they're not going to do that job no matter what we pay them.
Sid Freeman
We won't cut unemployment by only employing people in the public sector.
Hartmut Möllring
The proliferation of part-time jobs and higher unemployment undermine the power of workers to bargain for higher wages and demand for security of tenure. Contractual workers are not allowed to join the union. So, Mrs. Arroyo?s appeal to employers to reach a middle ground with workers in granting a wage hike is a hoax.
Josua Mata
Our Legislature should be dealing with unemployment and dealing with the state budget problems. They should not be talking about the state bird and all these other things have little interest to people out of work and dialing down their thermostats to deal with high heating costs.
Joseph Lukasiewicz
Unemployment in Crittenden County is relatively low, butthink that's because many workers have taken lower-skilled jobsthan they are qualified to perform.
Lee Conrad
The number of job losses in the retail and service sector as well as the hotel industry is very distressing and really does demonstrate the role that Sept. 11 played in increasing unemployment.
Heather Boushey
It's a question of whether or not somebody is working in employment covered by the unemployment statute and the fact that they may do that work in their home is not a separate issue.
David Tucker
The downward trend in unemployment rates for metro areas throughout our state continues to indicate an improving labor market.
Brenda Russell
Russian businessmen are not afraid of investing in Kyrgyzstan. They appreciate our current situation, and their programs are aimed at solving social problems. Opening joint enterprises means creating additional jobs and - to some extent - reducing unemployment.
Felix Kulov
This is going to be critical to make sure people have access to their Social Security, or SSI, or now, unfortunately, unemployment checks.
Jim Mccrery
There are probably some seasonal-adjustment issues creating the big drop in unemployment and the big gain in employment between December and January.
Michael Walden
We have had an improvement in the French economy, pointing to an improvement in employment too. We will have a slow drop in unemployment, reflecting slow increases in employment.
Dominique Barbet
The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right.
Robert Farrar Capon
You solve the unemployment problem, but you are losing the wrong people.
Krzysztof Bobinski
The current level of initial claims data is consistent with a historically low unemployment rate.
Mike Englund
With the way the labor market is, with unemployment so low and businesses in Tucson really having to go above and beyond what they usually do to attract potential workers, raising the minimum wage is not going to help that at all. I would say that the average business in Tucson is already paying above the minimum wage.
John Dougherty
We hired three new employees to help monitor these machines. First thing we'll have to do is lay off those employees...which I'm sure they'll file unemployment. And, I imagine we'll end up paying for the unemployment charges.
Larry Welp
Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate.
Alexis Herman
Part of the reason the unemployment rate worsened was because recent improvement in the job market is prompting more people to look for work.
Naoki Iizuka
The national unemployment rate continues to decline as the economy improves and businesses do better. Companies need to hire at a faster rate this year. That's making it easier for (students) to find employment.
Shawn Boyer
What we are seeing is a relatively low level of unemployment claims.
John Lonski
If film and television producers do not reach an agreement with the writers, it (Los Angeles) could take a U-turn back to the days of high unemployment and economic recession.
Richard Riordan
War is associated with a range of mental health problems, including unemployment, alcoholism, family-related problems and substance abuse.
Jeffrey Matloff
[Extending unemployment benefits] is the only kind of stimulus that helps each and every unemployed worker, who in some sense has borne the pain of the recession.
Wendell Primus
The question is how many people have given up. We have almost historically high unemployment rates. We're at unemployment rates we were at in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Kurt Metzger
Unemployment is sufficiently high, and the economy has just come out of a relatively mild recession, so inflation pressures are relatively soft right now. It will take a while of solid growth before we have upward pressure on inflation, so the Fed can be a little relaxed about it.
Charles Lieberman
People are eligible for disaster assistance if they are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits. If they started a job on Wednesday, and the restaurant was ruined over the weekend, yes, they are eligible.
Geraldine Conrad
We definitely see a leveling off in sales growth this year. However, there are a number of positive factors -- such as improvements in disposable income, increased corporate spending and relatively low unemployment -- that will help maintain sales.
Jay Mcintosh
Technically, when a teacher contract ends, that teacher is counted as unemployed unless they take a part- or full-time job during the summer. When teachers sign their new contract, they're counted as employed again, thus the seasonal fluctuation in the unemployment rates throughout the state.
Larry Parker
We just do not see this economic recovery. Last month was yet another record unemployment level, and land prices continue to fall - and land is the collateral that banks use.
Robert Sasaki
People told me, when I was coming through the ranks, that a mark of a great actor is one who deals with the period of unemployment as well as they deal with the period of employment.
Claudia Black
The unemployment rates dropped for the right reason -- because there were fewer workers on the unemployment rolls, not because workers have left the area because of a lack of jobs. That's an indication the economy is strong.
Cristina Gonzalez
Colorado is still dealing with the legacy of past years as unemployment remains stubbornly high. Additionally, while having one of the highest percentages of households headed by college graduates, Colorado ranks near the bottom in high school completion rates.
David Buchholz
In an environment of rising poverty and unemployment, it is natural that people expect their governments to focus on the basics of life, and birthdays do not fall into that category.
Professor Heneri Dzinotyiwei
I don't think the unemployment figures fully reflect the situation of seasonal employment in the retail field. Unemployment will be down now because of seasonal, holiday work that started in October and is just ending.
Kathy Lively
The preference to creating jobs is increasing and fear of unemployment among people has decreased.
Rainer Guntermann
Right now, our economy is doing very well. We have very low unemployment, good job growth, good growth in gross receipts, so I think $9.50 is working very well. I would like to have a consensus in the community of what the next step should be with the living-wage law.
David Coss
That was the first time I had seen it under 100 for a month in two years. I also never thought I would see over 200 in one month, but as unemployment rates go up, our numbers also go up.
Irene Little
For this market to really push on we need to see unemployment trends drop, so that the retail sector can be certain of making a contribution to the recovery of the U.S. economy.
David Buik
What this, in conjunction with the April unemployment report, shows is stabilization in the labor market and timid improvement. By no means are we talking about a roaring improvement in the labor market.
Kathleen Stephansen
His job is being phased out, ... He could collect unemployment or seek employment elsewhere.
Gary Fuller
The increase in unemployment and the lack of job creation has dramatically altered the beneficial dynamic that prevailed in the latter half of the 1990s, when tight labor markets and faster productivity growth fueled broad-based wage gains.
Lawrence Mishel
People have developed a paralyzing fatalism because they think they are at much higher risk than they are, so that leads to things like drug and alcohol use, and unprotected sex and unemployment.
Fred Mettler
It's consistent with an economy that's starting to pull back up in Korea, with a bit of consumer demand starting to come through again. I would expect the unemployment rate will start to decline and will fall further.
Shane Oliver
This level of inflation, combined with falling unemployment and rising capacity utilization, is a recipe for continued preventative rate hikes.
Drew Matus
In the past, the unemployment has been more blue-collar, and people laid off were more likely to be brought back when the economy picked up, ... This one has been more white-collar than ever.
Robert Mcteer
It is still a job seeker's market. Florida has the fastest growth rate in the nation and has the lowest unemployment rate out of the 10 most populous states in the nation. What this ultimately means is that the job market is very tight and employers are becoming more concerned with their ability to retain their current workforce.
Joelly Faber
We're basically just seeing a little follow-on from Friday's unemployment report. The dollar has been stronger due to the interest rate outlook.
Brian Dolan
On the heels of a conservative start to the year, managers are feeling more comfortable putting their 2006 hiring plans in gear. ... lower unemployment rates and the growing demand for skilled labor in certain sectors such as health care, financial services and IT are strong indications that the economy is growing steadily.
Steve Wolfe
With little movement in Ohio's labor market from January to February, the state's unemployment rate was unchanged. We still question whether the dramatic decline in the calculated rate from December to January is fully supported by actual conditions.
Barbara Riley
The latest ANZ job advertisements data suggest that there will be no improvement in the labor market over the next few months, with little prospect of significant growth in employment and with the unemployment rate likely to trend higher.
Tony Pearson
More than 4.6 million jobs have been added since May 2003 -- 31 straight months of positive job growth. Unemployment dropped down to 4.9 percent, lower than the average of all three recent decades.
Dan Gainor
We in Washington, D.C., are experiencing the best of times but yet the worst of times. The number of jobs is rising, but so is unemployment. Go to these construction sites. You'll find that a majority of construction workers are not District residents.
Marion Barry
Europe has double-digit unemployment and no inflation problem, ... Any European Central Bank tightening will be swamped by much more from the Fed.
David Gilmore
Stockton continues to exhibit job growth well in excess of the state average, and unemployment is 1.3 percent lower than a year ago. Construction still leads all sectors in creation of new employment opportunities, despite signs of a return to normalcy in the housing sector.
Sean Snaith
You typically see a rebound in the labor force when the economy starts to recover. But because businesses are operating so much more efficiently, there's a limit to the number of jobs available. Unemployment could still go up a few ticks.
Maury Harris
Kentucky was one of 18 states plus the District of Columbia that reported an unemployment rate above the U.S. jobless rate in December 2005.
Carlos Cracraft
It is very encouraging to see that the Northern Ireland labour market is getting stronger. Employment is at a record high and the unemployment rate remains low, at a level below the UK average.
Angela Smith
Today, the logic is to say that we must do everything to prevent unemployment, so companies should not be able to lay workers off. But the real question should be how do we make getting a job easier?
Laurence Parisot
Many of the wars in recent Burundian history were caused by the growth of unemployment, making unemployed youth vulnerable to calls for armed rebellion. The social and political strife that had engulfed the country for the past four decades entailed consequences.
Nureldin Satti
People choose to consume based on expected earnings. The unemployment data should take some of the froth off of a couple of really strong [recent] data reports.
Lara Rhame
Because of the weather being mild, we didn't have as big a run-up in unemployment from December to January as we usually do.
Bill Mezger
The trend in the last couple of years has been a decline in unemployment. I'm seeing certain occupational sectors showing signs of strain where they are not able to find enough workers.
Shelley Allen
While the unemployment rate is declining, it might be more exaggerated than the reality.
Michele Hiester
Right now, this area is very depressed. There is high unemployment, poverty and our health and social needs are not being met. We need something viable that can sustain us and help us move on.
Vera Franklin
He re-invested in public services. In dealing with youth unemployment, he has had real success by linking greater flexibility with greater security.
Segolene Royal
These positive numbers also tell us that it is the time to plan and the time to invest in the skills needed for the future if, as a country, we want to keep unemployment low and improve the quality of life of working people, their families and their communities.
Ken Georgetti
The addition of jobs by Texas employers, as well as the declining unemployment rate, is great news for the labor market.
Diane Rath
While there were signs of improvement in the state's economy in January, they were not enough to support the sharp decline in the calculated unemployment rate. Patterns that are outside the norm, such as the unusually warm weather in January, can exaggerate the impact of seasonal adjustments that are part of the rate calculation.
Barbara Riley
The trend for reduced unemployment rates is pleasing but as a government, we still have more work to do to with our industrial relation reforms and changes to unfair dismissal laws, which will remove the monkey on the back of small business.
Bob Baldwin
The unemployment rate is given a little too much primacy as an indicator of overall economic health. All of our data seem to indicate the quality is not there.
Rich Templin
We're all continuing to focus like a laser beam on the economy. And that means not sitting around and patting yourself on the back because unemployment and inflation rates are low.
Gene Sperling
We have slight improvement in employment, maybe enough to bring down unemployment three- or four-tenths of a percent, but not enough to bring it down this far.
Loren Scott
With the lowest February unemployment rate in five years, nearly 28,500 more people working and some 5,100 fewer unemployed in Wisconsin than one-year-ago, we have strong evidence that the state's labor market is moving in a positive direction.
Roberta Gassman
If you want to hire someone to work in the front counter because the unemployment rate is so low you have to pay them more.
Kara Kelley
Our concern is still that those jobs are in the retail and service sector and they don't provide wages that people can take care of their families. The unemployment rate is not telling us what kind of jobs people are getting.
Rich Templin
Florida is outperforming the nation, and your area is outperforming the state in terms of job-growth rates and lower unemployment rates.
Rebecca Rust
With unemployment still declining, we may be entering the zone of maximum danger for upside surprises to Fed funds.
Brian Morris
4.5 is not a bad unemployment rate.
Michael Wald
As long as the growth is taking place in a slack economy, with a high unemployment rate and a low capacity utilization rate. That growth is not likely to be inflationary, and not much reason for us to worry about it.
Robert Mcteer
The trend in the last couple of years has been a decline in unemployment.
Shelley Allen
Consumers have more buying power due to the continued fall in unemployment, as well as higher wages.
Daniel Chan
It's a statewide battle. When businesses started to hire back, we see a corresponding increase in the labor force. It makes it hard to bring down the unemployment rate.
Ann Wagner
Because of the low unemployment rate, many local employers are already tapping into the retiree market by offering flexible hours and benefits for flex-time employees. Progressive companies often seek out retiree employees as they have found they generally have a strong work ethic.
Janet Watermeier
The March 2006 unemployment rate of 6 percent was the lowest rate recorded for Kentucky in 10 months. Compared to other states, Kentucky was one of 16 states plus the District of Columbia that reported an unemployment rate above the U.S. jobless rate in March 2006.
Carlos Cracraft
Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called "leaders" lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.
Larry Elder
Fortunately, our current economy will offer lots of hope for these people. Companies are expanding throughout the state, and the Ada County unemployment rate is at an all-time low of 2.7 percent, which means area businesses are looking for good employees with transferable skills.
Georgia Smith
The strength in European earnings is the result of a tremendous rise in productivity. That explains why even though profits are up and stock markets are rising, unemployment is still high. European companies are not hiring, but they're growing.
Philippe Brugere
The whole psychology of the market has changed since the U.S. unemployment figures on Friday. All the U.S. economic statistics in May have been weaker than expected so now people think the interest rate rises since last June are really starting to work and the Fed may not even raise rates when it meets on June 28.
James So
We've been very encouraged by the action today; even after the economic numbers came out, we've seen the market recover. I think it's good that the markets are bouncing off key numbers. I think [a Fed rate cut] is a real toss up -- tomorrow's unemployment number is going to have some effect on that.
Hedi Reynolds
War is associated with a range of mental health and psychosocial problems including mental disorders but also unemployment and family-related problems and divorce and alcohol and substance abuse.
Col. Charles Hoge
I just filed unemployment today. Hopefully the store will reopen, otherwise I'm going to have to find a new job.
Paul Skinner
Unemployment is obviously the biggest problem at the moment. But I'm not sure if the new government can really affect change in that department. Germany is too dependent on the global development.
Gero Neugebauer
It may seem strange to foreigners, but young people in France are very concerned about unemployment.
Bruno Jeanbart
The Orlando area's job market continues to show stability, with a sold level of opportunities spanning the corporate, private and public sectors. The market also continues to boast one of the nation's lowest unemployment rates, which stood at 3.3 percent at the end of November.
Steve Pogorzelski
Given the right support most people claiming incapacity benefits can be helped back to work, ... Now we've brought down unemployment to a 30-year low and have half a million vacancies in the economy there's no reason for all this talent and potential to go to waste.
Alan Johnson
It was a good performance, and for discounters it was very good. Unemployment is low and consumer confidence is high. Despite all the controversies and troubles in the world, the American consumer is still very strong.
Patrick Mccormack
The unemployment rate stood at 6.1 per cent in November - the lowest rate since mid-2001. The return to higher growth in 2006 should allow the annual unemployment rate to decline slightly in that year.
Rick Egelton
Taiwan's labor market is healthy and static. The unemployment rate is expected to remain around this level for the remainder of this year.
Renee Chen
This is an area that has performed better than the national economy for quite a while now. We have one of the highest per capita income numbers. We have some of the lowest unemployment numbers. People have jobs and are basically happy and are able to buy things. If they have a lot of money they need banking services.
Bruce Mason
Unemployment is so low that that's really not much of an available labor pool if you're trying to attract new jobs or encourage expansion of existing businesses and companies, so what we're seeing is that here are some people who are seeking better jobs.
Tim Alford
The Bank of England still seem to regard the labor market as broadly stable and I think this is right. For the whole of 2005 we have only seen the unemployment rate tick up a couple of points.
Nick Kounis
Unemployment at 6 percent means the Fed has just lost six full years of progress towards lower unemployment in just six quarters. With its preferred measure of core inflation at the lowest level since the 1960s, the Fed probably requires a run of monthly payroll gains of 150,000 to 200,000 before it will feel any real need to tighten.
Rory Robertson
I will tell you right off the bat, I believe the (unemployment) decline is a little exaggerated.
Michele Hiester
While there is evidence that GDP growth has touched bottom, the recent tax increases on certain consumer goods, electricity and metro price hikes, more moderate real wage rises, and rising unemployment are probably going to impact consumption in 2002.
Damian Fraser
Most of the observed shifts ... were seasonal in nature, with moderate February unemployment rate increases in several areas.
Rick Waclawek
There is no security, even in relatively safe areas. In some provinces, you have 40 percent unemployment which means effectively nobody cares whether somebody in Baghdad is making a great deal of money.
Anthony H. Cordesman
Strong employment growth in connection with a further decline of unemployment rates could further strengthen (US) rate rise expectations and cause the euro to test 1.20 dollars once again.
Gavin Friend
Finally we can say that there's a link between the extreme rigidity of the labor code and high unemployment.
Laurence Parisot
The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy. [Commenting on the unemployment situation in Detroit].
Howard Pyle
The weeding out process is over, ... Most of the office closings are behind us. Unemployment has hit bottom and job recovery will only gain momentum in the months ahead.
Patrick Peterson
There's some concern about the unemployment data tomorrow (Friday), but there's more concern that with so little data coming out next week, markets may drift.
Marty Cunningham
I still expect a strong rise in unemployment in January and I think we won't see any real improvement until the end of next year or even the start of 2003.
Manuela Preuschl
Rockford has been hit pretty hard in the last four or five years. I think as the economy pulls up, the community will do better, and we'll see the unemployment rate go down.
Jim Schmidt
I am looking for a 25-basis-point increase in the federal funds rate. The primary reason is because the unemployment rate has moved to a low level, and that low unemployment rate is starting to push the growth of wages higher. That is an early warning sign.
Michael Moran
There's a really close parallel to France. High unemployment, low family income, inferior education and training, inadequate housing, a great deal of hostility toward the police - we found that the level of hostility in the black sections of these cities was high enough that almost any random spark would set them off.
Fred Harris
I'm not surprised at the students. I am surprised by the reaction of the French government, which is able to say we are doing this to resolve the unemployment issue.
Veronique De Rugy
Oregon has a lot of in-migration, which helps to keep the unemployment rate (higher).
Brian Rooney
Unemployment has increased over the past few months, so consumer confidence is in danger of weakening with the work force feeling more insecure. This is a problem because that is the main engine of growth at the moment.
Alexander Mollerus
Wisconsin's labor market continues to show healthy gains in 2006 in all of our metropolitan areas, with decreasing unemployment for the second month in a row when compared with 2005.
Roberta Gassman
The outlook for the U.S. automotive industry remains favorable -- consumer confidence continues to be high while unemployment and inflation remain low.
Robert Eaton
To take advantage of these new export opportunities, the region's going to have a lot of job turnover. And most countries in the region don't have unemployment insurance. New mechanisms to help people as they move from one job to another will be important.
Homi Kharas
The highest proportion of consumers in two decades anticipate a falling unemployment rate in 2004.
Richard Curtin
Our unemployment has been steadily declining, ... You have Lowe's, Heinz and now Convergys hiring and Ballard has yet to start its layoffs; it's looking pretty good right now.
Shelley Allen
There's been a sense of complacency in the market all week. It's very difficult to read too much into this week's activity given the condition we're in right now. The morning's unemployment number wasn't encouraging. It shows the economic recovery is not very strong.
Joe Cangemi
The 'full employment' unemployment rate is about 5 percent, ... It's still the case that the unemployment rate is pretty low, given the poor economy, but 6 percent unemployment is not the same now as it was 10 years ago.
Gus Faucher
Further improvement in earnings and additional declines in the unemployment rate is likely to boost overall confidence and keep consumption strong.
Joseph Abate
The main reason behind a rise in unemployment is a rise in the number of people who voluntarily quit jobs to find better positions as income and job market conditions improve.
Naoki Iizuka
Overall, while it is clear that the pace of jobs growth is moderating, we continue to believe that the unemployment rate will hold broadly steady around five per cent amid trend-like growth in the economy and employment.
Adam Donaldson
Can consumer spending continue to run the engine of retailing? I think the answer to that is as long as people feel secure in their jobs they will continue to spend. I don't think that we've seen consumer psychology change even though unemployment numbers are higher.
Patrick Gallagher
Thanks to the outstanding efforts of both the public and private sectors in our community, Miami-Dade County and its residents continue to enjoy historic lows in unemployment. By maintaining a record-setting unemployment rate, it is evident that Miami-Dade's economy continues its diversification and remains strong.
Frank R. Nero
November's unemployment rates were a bit of a mixed bag. We had some gains in retail jobs that were offset by some layoffs in manufacturing, but (the layoffs) were not dramatically reflected in the numbers.
Steve Rogers
The survey results combined with the drop in the unemployment rate indicate that the traditional labor supply is essentially exhausted.
Jeffrey Joerres
As this transition has taken place, it's taken away the summer spike in unemployment.
Gordon Kettle
Racism, sexism, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, unemployment — homelessness encompasses pretty much every social problem.
Jena Desai
The tick up in the unemployment rate largely had to do with the fact that we had construction workers who basically had to file because of the rain and the stormy weather. When we have inclement weather like that, construction workers are not likely to work on the site. The majority that filed came from that industry.
James Hardway
We had a particularly cold winter and the construction industry suffered, so this is simply a delayed pickup. Unemployment is falling, but it's no reason to rejoice. We need to see a sustained increase in employment, and that hasn't happened yet.
Sandra Petcov
Tax revenues are going to be lower. Fewer people will have jobs, fewer people will pay income tax, more people get unemployment benefits, so government spending goes up.
Paul Donovan
This should cause the employment rate to increase and the unemployment rate to decrease for the month of April.
Wayne Gasson
The unemployment rate is holding at the lowest rate I've seen in years. These are phenomenal times and it's an indication of how attractive Lee County and Southwest Florida are.
Barbara Hartman
All year, there has been evidence of a two-speed UK economy with house prices, consumer spending and low unemployment balancing a stuttering manufacturing sector, sub-target inflation and weak international economies.
Steve Scott
On average, consumers have anticipated changes in the unemployment rate three quarters in advance of the actual change.
Richard Curtin
While WTO accession is no cure-all, Saudi membership in the WTO, under the rigorous terms we have negotiated, could have a lasting effect on transforming the Saudi economy away from its over-dependence on oil revenues and addressing the growing unemployment problems in the kingdom.
Rob Portman
All of the counties have lower unemployment in December than in November, which is unusual.
David Bullard
It is sensible to have a safeguard against unemployment.
Glynis Johns
About two thirds of Germans say she won't be able to manage unemployment and two thirds say she won't manage the country's financial problems.
Reinhard Schlinkert
These figures reflect the rather mixed picture of recent months. Employment is up by nearly 200,000 on the year and I am pleased to see the claimant count falling for the first time in a year. However, the rise in ILO unemployment shows the need to continue to be vigilant.
Margaret Hodge
Consumption and unemployment data disappointed the market. The CPI increase of 0.1 pct is nothing. There is nothing new in the argument ... The yen is still considered as a funding currency.
Joachim Schuetz
The population is growing, the unemployment rate is dropping. It's a combination of those two factors.
Charlie Roberts
The fact that the unemployment rate has reached a historic low is a tribute to both the public and private sectors of our community for providing employment opportunities for all of our residents. The low unemployment rate is also evidence of the continued diversification of Miami-Dade's economy.
Frank R. Nero
Fundamentals still do not support a strong rebound in German retail sales: real compensation per employee is declining noticeably and, even though unemployment has started to fall, employment is still on a downward trend.
Sandra Petcov
I keep looking for the unemployment numbers to rise, and they don't; they just keep getting lower.
Clyde Prestowitz
Unemployment fell to its lowest point in almost four years due to two consecutive months of robust job growth, which was dispersed broadly across the Iowa economy. The state's labor force also declined by 6,800 in March, which was another factor in alleviating unemployment.
David Neil
I expect the economy to rebound to above-trend growth. We just hit a soft spot in the second quarter, ... If it turns out that the economy continues to grow below trend ... if the data continue to be as weak as they have been in the past three months, with a sufficient rise in the unemployment rate, you can't rule [a rate cut] out.
Laurence Meyer
At the end of the day, I think the payrolls and the unemployment numbers today are fairly ho-hum. It's another post in the firm economy.
Michael Vogelzang
We expect unemployment to continue to decline over the course of this year and next. The increase in January provides no cause to change this upbeat assessment.
Andreas Scheuerle
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