Unemployment Quotes

You've had obviously a rise in gasoline prices, which is the visible price in the economy... There's (also) a tendency of the public to look at the unemployment rate that actually rose in March, while Wall Street looks at payrolls (which showed a large jump in the number of people working.) - Ethan Harris

You've got oil prices and the economic news having an impact today. Obviously tomorrow it's all about unemployment. That's the wild card. - Tim Heekin

You've got employers who are facing the highest energy costs, the highest wages, the highest unemployment insurance, the highest real estate costs -- and to now put this on? You're going to be in a position where the job growth isn't there, where people aren't making a decision to grow their business. - Bill Vernon

You typically see a rebound in the labor force when the economy starts to recover. But because businesses are operating so much more efficiently, there's a limit to the number of jobs available. Unemployment could still go up a few ticks. - Maury Harris

You solve the unemployment problem, but you are losing the wrong people. - Krzysztof Bobinski

You don't want to get so distracted, focusing on what the opposition is putting forth that you forget to remind America that the real issue is 8.3 percent unemployment, virtually no growth at all in an economy that has been in shambles for the last four years under Obama. - John Sununu

Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability. - Polly Toynbee

Working in the theater has a lot in common with unemployment. - Arthur Gingold