At the same time, unemployment will stay high, with the rate averaging 9.3 percent in the first quarter of this year and inching slightly lower to 9 percent in the fourth.

同时，失业率仍将居高不下，今年第一季度失业率平均将达到9.3%，到第四季度将稍稍回落到9%。

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Although output in Germany fell at an annualised rate of 7% in the last quarter of 2008, unemployment has been only inching up. The rate is still lower than it was a year ago.

虽然德国2008年第四季度产出年比下滑7%，但失业率却是缓缓上行，且仍低于一年前水平。

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The jobless rate rose as high as 10.8 percent in late 1982, just as the recession ended, before inching down.

1982年底，就在衰退结束时，失业率升至10.8%，然后开始缓慢下降。

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While the unemployment rate fell for all the right treasons, with household employment up by 873, 000 and the labor participation rate inching up 0.1 percentage points, the latter still remains close to its lowest levels in approximately 30 years.

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