For example, excessive debt and persistent unemployment may limit spending, raise interest rates and crimp growth.
This concern is compounded by a sovereign debt crisis in Europe, high and persistent unemployment, and uncertainty about U.S. government policy.
Plaid Cymru seeks significantly stronger regional policy to stimulate investment and jobs in those areas currently suffering from low income, persistent unemployment and low activity rates.
Further, high persistent unemployment levels have had an adverse impact on the number of employer-sponsored health insurance enrollments as many employers have cut healthcare benefits in response to market conditions.
And many people still face persistent unemployment and hunger.
The psychological shift Samuelson has identified is not the cause of slow economic growth and persistent high unemployment.
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Persistent high unemployment (and the resulting effect on consumer spending) is sure to be giving Ben Bernanke some restless nights.
The Plymouth Economic Review, published in October 2011, highlighted persistent high unemployment rates, especially among young people and the long-term unemployed.
In Italy, for example, there is persistent high unemployment in the south and a labour squeeze in the north, but southern workers are reluctant to relocate.
Reiterated his faith and confidence in the U.S. economy in spite of the major problems facing it, such as the continued housing slump, persistent high unemployment levels, and the threat of inflation.
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Such indicators include March softening of U.S. manufacturing, persistent high unemployment especially among Millennials, a record number of Americans on food stamps and in poverty, up-and-down consumer confidence, and multi-trillion-dollar federal budget deficits.
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The reason, he says, is the difficulty of solving some of the issues that have led to the macro-dominated markets, such as the U.S. budget deficit and economic overcapacity that has resulted in persistent high unemployment rates.
The Federal Reserve has highlighted the slow rebound that the housing market is experiencing in several of its recent statements, saying that the ailing market is a persistent overhang on unemployment and GDP growth.
As you can see, the overall trend is clear: Russian unemployment has been on a persistent downward trend from over 8% to right around 5.5%.
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But a persistent crime problem, made worse by staggering poverty, widespread unemployment and a failing school system, threatens to snuff out that recovery before it even takes root.
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