Sentences with phrase «unemployment is at the highest level»

He says unemployment is at its highest level since the last Tory government.

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Unemployment is at unacceptably high levels, partly due to the strict employment rules that make it difficult for businesses to shed staff.

Today, inflation is still low, but unemployment is stuck at a painfully high level.

Now that the government is planning for an $ 8 billion cut,  the potential job losses could drive job losses to between 99,000 and 108,000 full time positions across Canada. At this much higher level, the federal government could be single - handedly responsible for pushing national unemployment from its current 7.5 % to 8.0 %.

Unemployment in both countries is at historically high levels — over 11 per cent in Germany and over 12 per cent in France.

Consumer confidence is also at low levels, and unemployment has increased to a post-war high of 4.3 per cent.

More budget tightening is needed as well, the IMF said, and unemployment remains at dangerously high levels, especially among youth.

Despite a small decline in May, consumer confidence for the first five months of 2015 has been at a higher average level than at any time since May 2004.2 A relatively low unemployment rate and moderate inflation have helped maintain consumers» upbeat mood.

Homelessness and unemployment rates are at painfully high levels.

Is the American Chemical Society's (ACS's) survey showing «record highs in the unemployment rates» of newly graduating chemists at all degree levels also mistaken?

Eileen Chou, a public policy professor at the University of Virginia, and her collaborators began by analyzing a data set of 33,720 U.S. households and found that those with higher levels of unemployment were more likely to purchase over-the-counter painkillers.

Among the book's more «robust» conclusions, to use the economists» term, is that the high Swedish expenditure on adult education (which is very well developed in Sweden, as a resource for unemployed workers and as a way of upgrading or changing one's credentials) is not warranted by its returns: But how could it be, when, we learn, «individuals received student pay [all students are paid in Sweden — part of the commitment to equality] at the level of unemployment benefits, which in Sweden replace up to 80 percent of forgone earnings.»

This legislation, which passed with overwhelming bi-partisan majorities at the time, was based upon the sound evidence that children who can not read on grade level by fourth grade begin a cycle of falling behind and are much more likely to drop out of high school, and experience a spiraling set of consequences that often lead to unemployment and incarceration.

In addition, by the end of August 2017, eurozone unemployment was at an eight - year low, 5 while the eurozone manufacturing purchasing managers» index (PMI) 6 was at a six - year high.7 In the second quarter of 2017, European gross domestic product (GDP) growth was above US levels for the first time since 2007.8

Despite the U.S. Federal Reserve making noises that they will slow the level of QE they will be keeping a beady eye on the unemployment rate, which they are targeting at 6.5 % and will not do anything that might push unemployment higher, unless galloping inflation rears its ugly head.

At an aggregate level, it's clear that more education leads to lower unemployment and higher earnings.

Looking at credit scores, «In lower - ranking cities there's a higher degree of unemployment and education levels aren't as high,» said Rod Griffin, director of public education at Experian, which provided credit report data for the analysis.

Today, the Department of Labor announced that New York's private sector job count has reached an all - time high, while unemployment is at its lowest level in eight years.

Unemployment may be better than it has been, but dissatisfaction amongst those employed is at record high levels.

Parents living in disadvantaged communities with high levels of chronic unemployment, poverty, social exclusion, criminality, violence and substance abuse problems as well as parents of children with behavior problems; parents of children who are performing poorly in school; parents in families with substance abuse issues; parents in families with a history of violence, abuse, or neglect; parents with difficulty managing their child's behavior, and lastly, parents who are at high risk of abuse and neglect

At the community level unemployment rates are 18 % and 20 % in Scott County the highest in the state.