Unemployment has dropped below 6 percent, the lowest in more than 20 years.

Last week, they dropped below 1.25 percent for the first time.

And even during the Depression, the number never dropped below 33 percent.

And few think unemployment is likely to drop below 7.5 percent by November.

He has dropped below 70 percent of the vote only once.

After seven years of economic expansion, unemployment dropped below 5 percent last fall for the first time since the early 70's.

It has rarely dropped below 5 percent in the last few decades.

A19 The unemployment rate for blacks dropped below 10 percent.

As a result, the city's unemployment rate has not dropped below 7 percent in years.

He only dropped below 60 percent of the vote twice (1980 and 1990).