According to IBGE data, the unemployed population of 1.4 million people remained stable compared to the previous month but recorded a 12.1% decrease over the previous year, with 200, 000 fewer unemployed people compared to July 2010.
Safe and warm in L.A.? Not for the 9.4% of the people there that are unemployed, or the 1.3 million people with asthma.
Of the 12.1 million the government does count as unemployed, a record 40.1% are long term unemployed for more than 6 months.
And since 70% of U.S. economic growth springs from consumer spending, the key to getting the economy growing again would be to create more jobs for those consumers so more of the 14.1 million unemployed would have more money in their pockets to spend.
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Of those currently unemployed, the long term unemployed make up a staggering 44.1% up sequentially from 40.9% in February.
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In 2007, before the global economic crisis hit, Spain had 1.9 million people unemployed -- 8.6% of the active population.
Eurostat estimated that for the last three months of 2011, the ratio of youth unemployed was 19%, the highest in the EU (9.1%) and ahead of Greece (13%), UK (12.4%), Portugal (11.7%), and Germany (4.5%).
There are now 15.1 million unemployed people in the United States.
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The BLS reported 12.1 million still unemployed in September, another 8.6 million employed part-time for economic reasons, and another 2.5 million marginally attached to the labor force.
In Europe, the number of unemployed stands at 17.4 million, an increase of more than 1.7 million in the past year.
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The latest jobless figures showed that the number of unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds had broken the one-million barrier, rising to 1.016 million, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
At a time when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 1.07 million people 55 and older are unemployed and looking for work, the Internet is an increasingly useful tool for older people looking for jobs and a sense of community, said Deborah Russell the AARP's director of workforce issues.
At the end of December 1, 840 people were registered unemployed in Jersey.
From December 2007 to August 2009 the percentage of persons in the labor force unemployed for 15 weeks or more rose from 1.6 percent to 5.1%.
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Data compiled by Winship show that, for the past 60 years, the ratio of unemployed persons to job openings typically dipped below 1:1 during economic expansions, rarely exceeded 2:1 even during recessions, and never reached 3:1.
The second most common reason given was being unemployed, accounting for 1.03 million people.
The latest report contained some encouraging news for younger jobseekers, with the number of unemployed 16-24 year-olds falling to 1.03 million.
Another sign of slackness in the labor market is that the average duration of unemployment continued to creep higher from 33.9 weeks in November to 34.2 weeks and the number of people unemployed for 27 weeks or longer edged up 1.8% to 6.44 million souls.
The rough total number of unemployed or underemployed people right now is 23.1 million.
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In Greece, 59.1% of under-25s were unemployed as of the end of January, while in Spain, 55.9% were unemployed.
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In February, almost 1.9 million college graduates were unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In Wales, the number of graduates still unemployed after six months increased from 655 in 2007 to 1, 015 in 2008.
Official figures last month showed that almost 1 million of the 2.5 million people officially counted as unemployed in Britain are aged between 16 and 24.
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There are amendments down from Labour to strike out the 1% limit, link any changes to a job guarantee for those unemployed for more than two years, and to the top rate of income tax.
The thousands of Americans who are unemployed couldn't get a mortgage even if rates were 1%.
Democrats generally want even more money, arguing with 1 million construction workers unemployed, Republicans are missing an opportunity to increase the job rolls.
So when you have 1 percentage up tick in the unemployment rate, that usually means another million people unemployed.
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At the moment, 40% of unemployed people are between 16 and 24, and if that proportion is still the case then 1.18 million young people will be out of work.
Mounting evidence suggests there are two reasons: (1) We are discouraging employers from hiring and (2) we are discouraging the unemployed from seeking work.
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Nationally, more than 1 in 3 unemployed workers has been looking for at least six months, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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