With current unemployment rate at 9 %, in a consumer oriented society, we aren't catering to the 9 % unemployed, but the 91 % who are employed. (razoredgeresumes.com)
However, the recession and current unemployment rate of more than eight percent are influencing Millennials» attitudes toward purchasing a home: 67 percent chose affordability as an important home characteristic. (rismedia.com)
Government officials everywhere, and not just in China, would probably be happy to engage in loss - making activities to achieve higher current GDP growth rates and lower current unemployment rates, even though these benefits are only temporary and must be reversed in the future. (carnegieendowment.org)