Certainly, their cyclical sensitivity is more apparent in their
unemployment rates than in their employment levels.
The responses of the
unemployment rates to output shocks were virtually identica l to those reported in the text.
In addition, because whites make up about 85 percent of the total labor force, movements in the white and overall
unemployment rates tend to mirror each other.
They argue that our low
unemployment rate precludes a real restructuring and transformation in this country.
The insured
unemployment rate includes only those people receiving benefits.
Unemployment rates in the District came down relative to the national
unemployment rate during the 1980s, despite overall job growth that was slower than the national average, because the District's labor force generally grew more slowly than that in the nation.
At the same time, the EU statistics agency, Eurostat, revised upwards last month's
unemployment rate 0.
Tennessee, Louisiana and North Dakota were the only states to experience a rise in
unemployment rates in April.
For the second month in a row, Jonesboro's
unemployment rate fell more than any area in the nation.
The
unemployment rate is a survey of whether people are working or looking for jobs.
In the mid-1970's, higher-than-average
unemployment rates were basically a bicoastal phenomenon.
Since the beginning of this decade, the city's
unemployment rates have risen to above-average levels.
