But open unemployment stands at 11.8%, compared with a Latin American average of 8.3%.

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In March, the BLS cracks open the Unemployment Insurance records and does a new complete count.

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Confidence will rise, companies will open their wallets, unemployment will drop--if only to 8%--and Obama will be able to take the credit.

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Confidence will rise, companies will open their wallets, unemployment will drop if only to 8% and Obama will be able to take the credit.

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"This inflation news would open the door for Fed action if the unemployment rate is drifting higher in the first half of the year, " said Mr. Kasman.

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But if you think you're going to be in the driver's seat because your company has open positions at a time of prolonged, record unemployment--think again.

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Despite the dismally high unemployment rate in the country, the average open job only receives 4 resumes.

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In principle, there is no reason to expect employment or unemployment to be any higher or lower in an open economy than in a closed economy or, for that matter, in a rich economy as compared to a poor economy.

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I've asked my Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, and my Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, to work closely with states and our institutions of higher learning and encourage them not only to allow these changes, but to inform all workers receiving unemployment benefits of the training programs and financial support open to them.

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Thankfully, Dilbertia has a relatively open trade economy and a thriving services sector, so Dilbertia has low unemployment.

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Yet the changes in the region reduced protectionism, increased foreign investment and open markets were achieved through concrete policies that incurred the painful social costs of unemployment and falling wages, even as they purported to deliver new opportunities.

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Unemployment in many developed countries remains high despite the hundreds of thousands of high-skilled open positions that companies struggle to fill.

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The bills include funds to administer unemployment benefits, for foster care and adoption help, to keep national parks and museums open, for many veterans benefits, and for Meals on Wheels, which provides dinners for needy senior citizens.

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First, we'll open new doors to higher education and job training programs to recently laid-off workers who are receiving unemployment benefits.

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