U.S. unemployment rate rises to five percent in December

Xinhua News Agency;  January 4, 2008 ;     264 words ...U.S. unemployment rate rises to five percent in December...Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 5 percent in December...by analysts. The rise in the unemployment rate comes as the U.S. economy added...

Unemployment rate in Cebu up in 1st quarter.(Provincial News)

Manila Bulletin;  May 4, 2005 ;     213 words ...CEBU CITY The unemployment rate in Cebu in the first quarter...12 percent compared to the unemployment rate of the comparable period last...first quarter of this year, unemployment rate in Cebu rose to 11.8 percent...

Noted expert explains China's 4.5 percent unemployment rate

Xinhua News Agency;  March 6, 2003 ;     490 words ......explains China's 4.5 percent unemployment rate BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China sets its unemployment rate at 4.5 percent in 2003, said...rate is the registered urban unemployment rate, explained Mo Rong, a noted researcher...

National unemployment rate rises

University Wire;  May 7, 2001 ;     508 words ......U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 4.5 percent last month after...prevent a recession and improve the unemployment rate by reducing the costs for borrowing...pace of the economy and help the unemployment rate," Cain said. Unfortunately, most...

Virginia's Unemployment Rate up in May, Compared with April.(Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 9, 1996 ;     323 words ...Jul. 9--Virginia's unemployment rate in May was up from April...yesterday that the state's unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent in May...of 3.8 percent. Yet May's unemployment rate was the best showing for...

China's unemployment rate dropped in 2004

Xinhua News Agency;  January 26, 2005 ;     268 words ...China's unemployment rate dropped in 2004 BEIJING, Jan...China's registered urban unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in 2004, down...This is the first decrease of unemployment rate in many years, " NBS director...

U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.2 Percent in May

Xinhua English Newswire;  June 4, 1999 ;     251 words ...The U.S. unemployment rate fell down to a 29-year low...Department's report said that the unemployment rate did drop 0.1 percent from 4...showed that while the overall unemployment rate fell last month, the number...

Japan's unemployment rate unchanged at 5.2 percent in April

AP Worldstream;  May 30, 2002 ;     401 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: TOKYO Japan's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.2 percent...Force Statistics Office said. Japan's unemployment rate improved to 5.2 percent in March...its way back to growth. Whether the unemployment rate will drop anytime soon remains even...

Colorado unemployment rate slips to 5 percent in November.

Denver Post (Denver, CO);  December 22, 2004 ;     413 words ......Robert Barba Dec. 22--The Colorado unemployment rate was 5 percent for November, down...400 since November 2003, when the unemployment rate was 5.9 percent. Currently, 2,406...for normal seasonal movements. The unemployment rate in October was also 5 percent. The...

Jobless rate up, but state adds jobs; Unemployment rate is highest since...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Blahnik; Staff Writer Minnesota's unemployment rate rose to a 10-year high of 4.7 percent...Economic Development said Tuesday. The unemployment rate, up from 4.6 percent in November...recession, which sent Minnesota's unemployment rate as high as 5.4 percent in June 1993...

Australia's unemployment rate slips again

Xinhua News Agency;  August 10, 2006 ;     178 words ...Australia's unemployment rate slips again CANBERRA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Australia's unemployment rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point...generational low for Australia's unemployment rate. The total number of people in work...

Exact unemployment rate indices

Contemporary Economic Policy;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Conventional unemployment rate measures tend to overestimate...the conventional, unweighted unemployment rate overestimates the true rate...purpose. To economists, the unemployment rate is a measure of the degree...

Durham, N.C., area has state's lowest unemployment rate.

Herald-Sun (Durham, NC);  March 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......built around Durham had the lowest unemployment rate in January among the state's 14 MSAs...labor force of 251,591 -- had an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, up from 4.0 percent...mostly in Durham. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in Durham County proper edged up...

Area unemployment rate at lowest level in nearly five years.

Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA);  June 20, 2006 ;     332 words ......WATERLOO -- The Cedar Valley's unemployment rate fell to 3 percent for May, marking the area's lowest unemployment rate in nearly five years. According...Development, the last time the area's unemployment rate was this low was August 2001...

Fed: Unemployment rate hits new 28-year low of 5.2pct

AAP General News (Australia);  December 9, 2004 ;     576 words ......News (Australia) 12-09-2004 Fed: Unemployment rate hits new 28-year low of 5.2pct By...CANBERRA, Dec 9 AAP - Australia's unemployment rate has dropped to a fresh 28-year low...Statistics (ABS) today showed November's unemployment rate was the lowest since 1976 when it...