New Yorkers are hoping that his second term will produce another miracle: a sustained fall in the city's persistently high rate of unemployment.
Stepping back from all the data, the big picture still shows a high rate of unemployment for young people, even after the recession.
That is one of the reasons why a high rate of unemployment has now become a structural condition in most of the developed world.
Meanwhile the high rate of unemployment in the US, the world's largest economy, continues to be a concern despite encouraging economic data in recent weeks.
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EU. Around 350, 000 people work on pistachio farms or in related operations, and Iran cannot afford to see its already high rate of unemployment rise any further.
To counteract the painfully high rate of unemployment and to accelerate the recovery of the labor market, the President has called for a number of targeted actions to jumpstart private sector job creation.
Nominal wage inflation remains very low, as companies sit on vast piles of cash but remain reluctant to spend, and there is still a large amount of slack in the U.S. economy, particularly given a stubbornly high rate of unemployment stuck at 9%.
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The high rate of unemployment in the United States is due primarily to structural problems, high marginal tax rates, minimum wage laws, the extension of unemployment benefits, the high cost of employer-provided health benefits, and uncertainty regarding future fiscal rules and regulations.
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That is despite the high rate of youth unemployment and the staggering costs of university, which might discourage young women from looking for a job or seeking higher education.
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So for example, a high rate of improvement in unemployment rates in individual states (even if the unemployment rate is high) has a bigger impact on votes than states with an actual low unemployment rate.
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House economists noted the sticky rate of long duration unemployment and the high share of part-timers.
One school of thought is that a high unemployment rate is structural and immune to the stimulative effects of monetary policy.
The way would have been at least semi-clear for the sweeping reform of taxation, welfare and the labour market that high-cost Germany, with its unemployment rate of over 10%, badly needs.
This statistic is partially responsible for the high level of the U6 unemployment rate at 14.4%, which, I believe, is a much more accurate barometer of the still truly dismal state of the labor market.
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He said that the persistently high unemployment rate is a telltale sign of a recession.
That is hard to prove, based on the anemic rate of GDP gains and persistently high unemployment.
These headwinds include a stubbornly high unemployment rate, a disturbing trend of increasing jobless claims, elevated commodity prices, a lackluster residential real estate and increasing sovereign debt problems overseas and, as previously discussed, on our homeland.
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But in 1990, a year when the islands' unemployment rate hit a high of 20%, Antunes -- who has also represented his country at basketball and table tennis -- leapt at the chance to train as an air traffic controller.
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Thus high rates of home ownership will lead to less labour force mobility and thus a higher natural rate of unemployment.
The slowing of the rate of health care cost increases comes amid a sluggish economy and a period of high unemployment that has made it easier for companies to reduce benefits of their workers.
Yet the unemployment rate hovers near eight percent and the average duration of unemployment is at record high levels.
The truth is that a high unemployment rate is the simply the result of a weak economy.
We have already experienced a tremendous erosion of our manufacturing industry, a major cause of our depressed economy and high unemployment rate.
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He said a stubbornly high youth unemployment rate underlined the need for all levels of government to work together.
The Republic of Ireland's unemployment rate remains high, at 14.5%.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) Greece's recession-wracked economy should start recovering next year and its sky-high unemployment rate should edge lower from the end of 2014, the finance minister said in an interview broadcast Thursday.
We are burdened with trillions of dollars in national debt and a high unemployment rate.
But the country's highest administrative court ruled in favour of Eldorado, citing Halkidiki's high unemployment rate.
For instance, Eudaimonians would want a low unemployment rate, good schools and a high level of physical health.
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