The president pointed to stabilizing consumer spending and home sales, declining unemployment claims and an eroding number of job losses.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

And so the whole definition of what a recession is is evolving and... we could be in a similar kind of situation where job...number of jobs goes up or down and maybe output doesn't.

因此，经济衰退的完整定义,不是一成不变的。,有时可能出现这种情况,失业率也会上升或下降,而国民产量并无波动。

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The job is complicated by a large number of overseas voters, as well as people displaced from their homes during years of sectarian violence.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Although June's total was higher than the number recorded in May, both figures are significantly lower than job-loss totals recorded at the beginning of the year a fact Romer was quick to point out.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

"What you want to see over time is this number move not only below 450 , but below 400,000 before the economy is generating the strong job gains that we would all like to see.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20