11.   Mining proposals continue to have the prospect of minimal impact on unemployment rates.

12.   Small firms provide a useful channel for re-allocating labour from large firms without increasing official unemployment rates.

13.   The federal formula for determining funding amounts, Atha says, is based in large part on unemployment rates.

14.   The fluctuations in the federal unemployment rates for the states keep local economists cautious about relying on them.

15.   The rising unemployment rate was balm to Wall Street, which always worries over any hints of possible inflation.

16.   The unemployment rate here is much higher than the national average.

17.   The unemployment rate plunged sharply.

18.   The unemployment rates did not differ significantly in these darker areas, being high for both groups.