“I think the gains to be achieved by a combination of reforms and labor market adjustments are going to be more permanent and will provide a basis for reducing unemployment and improving expert performance and sustaining growth in a way that is more sound and more permanent.” ThinkingWaySoundGrowthGainsLaborPerformancesBasesReformCombinationPermanentImprovingUnemploymentReducingAdjustmentSustaining Author:Lucas Papademos
“The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues.” IfsNeedsPoliticalThreeGrowthPartyCuttingEasierCostAgreeFasterRelatedUnemploymentPolitical PartiesRevenueDeficit Author:John Redwood
“We need a candidate who's going to be a fighter for freedom. Who is going to get up and make that the central theme in this race because it is the central theme in this race. I don't care what the unemployment rate's going to be. Doesn't matter to me. My campaign doesn't hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates.” NeedsMatterCareValuesGrowthRaceRateConservativeDon't CareCampaignsGet UpFighterI Don't CareCandidatesThemeUnemploymentHingesConservative ValuesUnemployment Rate Author:Rick Santorum
“The U.S. unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in nearly seven years. The job sector that has seen the most growth is in the field of Republican presidential candidates.” YearsJobsGrowthFieldsRepublicanSevenRatePresidentialCandidatesUnemploymentLowestSeven YearsPresidential CandidateUnemployment Rate Author:Conan O'Brien
“The single biggest stimulus to the economy are the unemployment benefits we're paying. These people go out and they spend the money. They go out and they have to get by to everything from paying their mortgage or buying food or just getting by. It has a significant impact on economic growth and the continuation of economic growth.” PeopleGrowthEconomyEconomicBenefitsImpactSignificantBuyingUnemploymentEconomic GrowthStimulusMortgageContinuationUnemployment Benefits Author:Joe Biden
“The reason is that Chile is the brightest spot in Latin America. It has very fast growth, low unemployment. It privatized its Social Security system, which we in USA were unable to do.” ReasonAmericaSocialGrowthSecurityLowsSpotsUsaLatinUnemploymentSocial SecurityLatin AmericaChileSecurity Systems Author:Allan H. Meltzer
“The tax rate increases reduce economic growth; they shrink the pie; they cause more poverty, more despair, more unemployment, which are all things government is trying to alleviate with spending.” TryingGovernmentCausesGrowthPovertyEconomicTaxesDespairAll ThingsIncreaseRateSpendingPieUnemploymentShrinksEconomic GrowthAlleviate Author:Arthur Laffer
“This is the crisis! Difficulty getting credit, slow growth, high unemployment, low consumer confidence-these are challenges entrepreneurs can overcome with hard work, smart risk and tenacious teamwork. This is precisely what entrepreneurs do!” HardGrowthChallengesRiskHard WorkSmartLowsOvercomingDifficultyCrisisEntrepreneurCreditConsumersTeamworkUnemploymentTenaciousSlow GrowthWork SmartConsumer Confidence Author:Oliver DeMille
“We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning.” EndsStatesDifficultGrowthSituationDutyEuropeWeakCrisisFranceUnemploymentMandatesDifficult Situations Author:Francois Hollande
“Our approach is to reject the old vicious circle of the '80s-rising debt, higher long-term interest rates, higher debt repayment costs, lower growth, higher unemployment, then enforced cuts in public spending. That was the old boom and bust.” LongGrowthTermInterestCuttingHigherCostApproachRateDebtSpendingCirclesLong TermRisingRejectsUnemployment80sViciousInterest RateVicious CirclesRepayment Author:Gordon Brown
“Our economy continues to struggle with slow economic growth, high unemployment and stagnant wages. "Obama care's" raising costs. That's making it harder for small businesses to hire. In short, it's a train wreck.” CareGrowthStruggleEconomyEconomicCostHarderTrainUnemploymentWagesSmall BusinessEconomic GrowthWrecksStagnantTrain WrecksObama Care Author:John Boehner
“I can't possibly predict precisely what the unemployment rate will be at the end of one year. I can tell you that over a period of four years, by virtue of the policies that we'd put in place, we'd get the unemployment rate down to 6%, and perhaps a little lower.” YearsWellsLittlesI CanEndsStatesShowsJobsGrowthUnitedUnited StatesVirtueFourSeeingPolicyKeysDependsPeriodsCompetitionRateEmployeeFour YearsGlobesUnemploymentUnemployment RateJob Growth Author:Mitt Romney