Aides say more than 200,000 jobs have been created in a country with 25 percent unemployment.
But assume a level of 3 percent unemployment eight years from now.
With near 10 percent unemployment, Congress must get serious about creating new jobs & putting people back to work.
There is nearly 8 percent unemployment, a high figure for Britain.
That would make the days of 4 percent unemployment - the norm in the late 90's - feel far away.
Despite five years of zero growth, Japan still has only 3.2 percent unemployment.
Its zone would be in an area with 25 percent unemployment.
Certainly, 9 percent unemployment and very slow growth is not a good situation.
In a country with 40 percent unemployment, there may be nowhere to go but up.
In states with 7 percent unemployment, 13 additional weeks of benefits could be paid.