Wish them luck. Americans age twenty to twenty-four faced an unemployment rate in May of fourteen and seven-tenths percent.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

This can be especially appealing considering the present high unemployment rate and the rising costs of attending college.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

In October the unemployment rate for men was almost 11 percent compared to 8 percent for women.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

The ten percent unemployment rate has meant that many people are struggling with their house payments.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

Still,the unemployment rate stayed at nine and six-tenths percent for the third month.

VOA: special.2010.11.06

That was more than three times the national unemployment rate.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

The unemployment rate reached a twenty-six year high in October.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Yet the unemployment rate was over ten percent.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

Michigan has the nation's highest unemployment rate.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

"We can't celebrate a 10 percent unemployment rate, especially the long-term unemployment continues to grow in very troubling numbers,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Spain has the highest unemployment rate in Europe at 20 percent, and it is likely to get worse.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

If both categories are added, the unemployment rate would top 16 percent, the highest number in 15 years.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

But the point-one percent jump in the unemployment rate from May was more modest than had been anticipated.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

"The unemployment rate could,could, at its worst be over 10 percent before it starts to get better,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

With the U.S.unemployment rate at 9.7 percent, the president said he hopes Congress will soon approve incentives for small businesses to add workers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Although employers continue to cut jobs amid a fledgling economic recovery, the U.S.unemployment rate for January dipped below 10 percent to 9.7 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Relatively speaking, ours have been very low. We have remained the third lowest unemployment rate in Alabama for six to nine months now."

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

A staggering 8.4 million jobs have been lost and the unemployment rate remains near double digits.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

But the unemployment rate has also topped double digits for the first time in 26 years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

The U.S. unemployment rate rose sharply in October, hitting 10.2 percent, the highest level since 1983.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Despite the weak report, the nation's unemployment rate fell 0.2 a point to 9.5 percent as thousands of Americans gave up looking for work.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

Also,the nation's overall unemployment rate was 10.2 percent in October, its highest level in 26 years.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

The unemployment rate rose .4 percent over February, leaving more than 13 million Americans without work.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

"The reason the unemployment rate rocketed it up, is because the improving employment conditions are drawing more and more job applicants into the labor force,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

unemployment rate for March. The proportion of jobless Americans has risen steadily since the United States sank into a recession more than a year ago.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02