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Perspective
8.4 = unemployment rate in Oct. 1975.
7.1 = Oct. 1985.
5.5 = Oct. 1995.
5.0 = Oct. 2005.Perspective – Part Deux
9.8 = unemployment rate in France.
11.6 = in Germany.
5.0 = in the U.S.A.Wage Growth – Oct. 2005
Regarding lower-tiered workers (i.e., non-managers in the services sectors and production-line workers in the factory sector), average hourly earnings rose in October for the twenty-second consecutive month.
Since January 2001, such earnings have risen 14.01 percent. The total consumer inflation rate, however, only has posted an increase of around 13.54 percent over that same period.
Perspective – Part Three
October 1997
4.1 = unemployment rate for whites.
9.5 = for blacks.
8.0 = for latinos.On the other hand:
October 2005
4.4 = unemployment rate for whites.
9.1 = for blacks.
5.8 = for latinos.
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