The economy is virtually non existent and unemployment has been rising steadily.

The Committee notes with concern the trend of rising youth unemployment rates and the rise in long term unemployment.

Unemployment gap between Jews and Palestinians in Israel Since 1996, the overall unemployment rate in Israel has been rising steadily.

130. The transfer payments have taken a sharp upward turn, a development partly explained by rising unemployment.

There is nothing progressive about large budget deficits and a rising debt to GDP ratio. After all, large deficits have no reliable effect on reducing unemployment, and deficit reduction can be consistent with falling unemployment.

The number of young women engaging in prostitution, especially among internally displaced persons, is rising because of the high level of unemployment and poverty.

Djibouti s educational system is currently under pressure to meet the challenges of growing unemployment, rising demand from a young population and a large influx of refugees.

During Valery Giscard d Estaing s presidency in the 1970 s, unemployment rose every year, reaching 6.3 by 1980. François Mitterrand promised rapid growth and lower unemployment when he came to power in 1981, but presided over an economic slowdown and rising unemployment.

Rising youth unemployment, and the desperation that accompanies it, threatens to undermine any progress made in countries coming out of crisis.

The basic point is that employment can be increased, and unemployment decreased, by removing barriers to job creation and reducing marginal tax rates. By contrast, increasing demand by prolonging easy monetary policy or expanding fiscal spending is likely to result in rising inflation rather than rising employment.

This may well look like structural unemployment in three years. In three years, we may well see labor shortages, rising wages, and increasing prices in expanding sectors, accompanied by high unemployment elsewhere in the economy.

That number is rising.

The sun is rising.

Rising unemployment, together with multifaceted restrictions on movement including restrictions caused by the wall have prevented Palestinians from gaining access to health facilities.

Unemployment compensation is paid

In many cases, reforms had not yielded the expected benefits but instead, had resulted in rising unemployment, growing income gaps, and inadequate social protection.

Krueger s analysis indicates that the rate of inflation begins to increase when the short term unemployment rate falls to 4 4.5 . With short term unemployment currently at 4.2 , the inflation rate is indeed rising, and Krueger s research suggests that it will increase further in the months ahead.

Meanwhile, massive corruption is devastating Egypt s economy, with growth falling by half in the last two years, accompanied by rising unemployment, higher inflation, and currency depreciation. Foreign investment is also declining, and local production is paralyzed, necessitating expensive imports.

The Palestinian Authority had the arduous task of jump starting economic recovery while formulating effective development strategies to address soaring unemployment and rising poverty levels.

Unemployment is a major problem.

There is virtually no unemployment.

Smoke is rising from the chimney.

This is rising. Comfort stays whole.

The price of gas is rising.

The restrictions on movement created rising unemployment and poverty that took the greatest toll on women and children, generating food insecurity and a decline in nutrition.

Those parties defined the question of foreigners as one of the main domestic problems, blaming them for severe unemployment, rising crime rates, and epidemics, especially AIDS.

But all of this sensitive diplomacy could be wrecked if, in response to rising unemployment, there is an outbreak of trade protectionism involving America, Europe, and China. That is when the economic and environmental agendas could fatally collide.

All eyes are on households. Thanks to falling unemployment, rising home values, and record stock prices, an emerging consensus of forecasters, market participants, and policymakers has now concluded that the American consumer is finally back.

Stagnant or falling real wages often coincided with rising unemployment and widening income gaps between skilled and unskilled labour (ILO, 2004 40 45 Akyuz et al, 2005).

Ines So why is prevalence still rising?

According to the World Bank, while unemployment declined slightly in the West Bank at the end of 2004, the overall unemployment rate rose to 26.8 per cent, with unemployment in the Gaza Strip rising to an acute 36 per cent, owing in part to the sharp reduction in access to the Israeli labour market.

At the same time, unemployment among women exceeds, as before, unemployment among men (which is 7.2 ).

Now, with Germany s economy no longer functioning smoothly, capital moving abroad, and unemployment rising, criticism of capitalism is again gaining momentum. The public is upset about top managers salaries and the fact that big German companies fire workers despite record profits.

Poverty and unemployment are a distinct threat to social integration, manifested in ethnic conflicts, a rising crime rate, drug use and violence in many countries around the world.

It is peace until the rising of dawn.

It is peace until the rising of dawn.

Peace it is, till the rising of dawn.

Peace it is, till the rising of dawn.

Whereas unemployment in the US has been rising for one and a half years, Germany currently is enjoying its lowest unemployment rate in 16 years. The German construction industry and retailing are still stable, as the latest survey of the Ifo Institute shows, and the whole world is profiting from this stability, as Germany is the second largest importer of goods and services after the US.

What is the unemployment rate at the moment?

Unemployment assistance is granted to unemployed persons who

(c) Unemployment is predominant in the production sector.

Moreover, France s rapidly worsening foreign trade deficit is boosting already excessive debt levels, while output is falling and unemployment is rising. Unfit for modern markets, France s tax system actually stifles the country s businesses, reflected in a disturbing increase in bankruptcies among small and medium size companies.

Now, this perfect storm that we are facing is the result of our rising population, rising towards 10 billion people,

35. Ms. Smith (United Kingdom) said that her delegation proposed the deletion of the word rising before unemployment in the last preambular paragraph of section B (IX) of the draft resolution, since unemployment on St. Helena, while high at 18 per cent, was in fact steady.