31.   British unemployment rose for the first time in two years.

32.   Buchanan is the candidate of the right who is most forcefully protectionist, a message that will fall on fertile ground if unemployment rises.

33.   Business confidence has gone flat, consumer spending is falling, unemployment is rising, deflation is accelerating.

34.   But economists here predicted that if unemployment rose Blinder would be more reluctant than many of his colleagues to raise rates further, producing clashes over policy.

35.   But economists expect unemployment to rise in the coming months, which would put further strains on the economy.

36.   But unemployment has risen and consumer spending is stagnant.

37.   By contrast, when unemployment rises above the rate, the cost of labor tends to fall, bringing inflation down with it.

38.   Chinese authorities have also said they are worried about a possible large-scale influx of immigrants into Hong Kong at a time unemployment is rising.

39.   Capacity utilization has plunged to its lowest level in years, and unemployment is rising steadily.

40.   Companies such as telemarketer Signature Group Inc. show Florida still has some life left in its economy, even as unemployment rose in September, economists said.