Unemployment Quotes

Although we've had some slowdowns in this economy, the unemployment rate is very low, the economy is up, [and] consumer sentiment is up... the economy's doing much better than it was four years ago. - Robert Brusca

All year, there has been evidence of a two-speed UK economy with house prices, consumer spending and low unemployment balancing a stuttering manufacturing sector, sub-target inflation and weak international economies. - Steve Scott

All the numbers we saw this morning were good for the market's purposes... GDP growth was certainly positive. Maybe there was a little disappointment that jobless claims didn't drop more, which doesn't bode well for next week's monthly unemployment number. - Tom Schrader

All of the counties have lower unemployment in December than in November, which is unusual. - David Bullard

Alabama's unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in five years. Alabama leads the nation by having the biggest drop in unemployment rate in the last 12 months. Since the governor came into office there have been 500 announcements where new companies have come to Alabama or existing businesses have expanded. - Jeff Emerson

About two thirds of Germans say she won't be able to manage unemployment and two thirds say she won't manage the country's financial problems. - Reinhard Schlinkert

4.5 is not a bad unemployment rate. - Michael Wald