| It has unemployment levels at three times the national average and truancy rates run five times above average measures. |
| A long slump in oil prices, 17 percent inflation and unemployment of at least nine percent has kneecapped Iran's economy. |
| The lowest U.S. peacetime unemployment rate since 1957 has ignited a talent war raging through corporate America. |
| With my final unemployment check looming, I finally knuckled under, swallowed my pride, and rejoined the TrustiTemps agency. |
| Throughout 2003 the monthly increases in the unemployment rate accelerated and the average number of hours worked declined. |
| A slower economy in turn, would cause businesses to retrench labor, increasing unemployment and slowing consumer spending further. |
