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• The U.S. economy to 2016: slower growth as boomers begin to retire

  - 2007-11-01

  Real GDP growth is expected to average 2.8 percent a year over the next decade, less than its previous 10-year trend, while productivity growth is expected to slow as well; continued increases in defense spending and strong foreign markets also characterize the outlook for the coming decade ********** ...

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• York, Pa., area's unemployment rate holds steady, follows trends.

  - 2004-09-06

  By Michelle Starr, York Daily Record, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 6--York County's small shift in unemployment numbers is in line with state, regional and national trends. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in July dropped one-tenth of a percentage...

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• U.S. labor market performance in international perspective: from 1960 to 2000, U.S. unemployment rates improved from relatively high to the lowest among the G7 countries; Canada and the United States were leaders in job creation, while Japan and Europe ha

  - 2002-06-01

  For developed economies, monthly unemployment and employment changes are considered the two most informative labor market indicators, providing knowledge about the current performance of the labor market and the economy as a whole. International analyses often focus on these two key indicators as well, to compare the functioning of labor...

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• Employment, unemployment, and wages - Statistical Data Included

  - 2001-12-01

  STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE In November, employment fell by 478,000, and unemployment rose by 419,000. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] [Thousands of persons 1-6 years of age and over, except as noted; monthly seasonally adjusted except as noted by NSA] ...

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• U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics

  - 2001-06-04

  * The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan area, with an unemployment rate of 1.8 percent, had the lowest unemployment rate of metro areas in Arkansas in April, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Pine Bluff MSA has the highest percentage of unemployment at 7.2...

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• International unemployment rates: how comparable are they? - comparing US unemployment rate with that of other countries

  - 2000-06-01

  Adjusted to U.S. concepts, the Canadian unemployment rate is reduced by 1 percentage point; effects of adjustments on European unemployment rates are smaller Comparative unemployment rates are used frequently in international analyses of labor markets and are cited often in the press. In the United States, the comparative levels...

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• THE WHITE HOUSE: The Clinton/Gore economic record -- co continued strong growth across the board.

  - 1999-11-08

  M2 PRESSWIRE-8 November 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- The Clinton/Gore economic record -- continued strong growth across the board C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:041199 After Six Years, The Results of President Clinton and Vice President Gore's Economic...

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