1.An increase in joblessness, leading to higher benefit payments, is not the cause: the unemployment rate is lower than it was a year ago.
有人认为失业率的升高引发了更高的福利金支付，但这并不是其中的原因：去年同一时段的失业率比现在还高。
2.And yet the more they scrimp on investment, the more joblessness, especially among the young, will deepen Japan's sense of malaise.
然而他们投资的越少，由此产生的越多的失业就会让让日本人的不适感越强烈，尤其是年轻人。
3.And yet, all this progress is under threat. From economic crisis. Rising joblessness and inequality. Climate change.
但是，这一切进展都面临着威胁。威胁来自经济危机，来自失业率上升和不平等，来自气候变化。
4.The Congressional Budget Office released a report in 2007 into long-term joblessness, which was at the time something of a niche topic.
国会预算办公室（CongressionalBudgetOffice）在2007年发布了一根长期失业报告，当时这还是个有些小众话题。
5.All this means that grappling with entrenched joblessness deserves to be far higher on America's policy agenda.
这一切意味着与根深蒂固的失业问题作斗争更应当成为美国政策的重中之重。
6.Joblessness is usually seen as a lagging rather than a leading economic indicator.
失业通常被视为后续经济指标而非先导指标。
7.With U. S. joblessness still rampant, numerous hiring managers are knocking applicants out of the running over the slightest mistake.
美国的失业率如今依然居高不下，哪怕你犯下最微不足道的一个小错，都会被招聘经理拒之门外。
8.Local officials have privately admitted to me that joblessness is likely more than double the official figure .
地方政府官员私下里向我承认，失业率很可能比官方数据高出一倍以上。
9.Continuing joblessness, years of weak investment and higher public-debt burdens, in turn, will dent economies' underlying potential.
持续的高失业率，数年的投资不足，再加上更加沉重的公共债务负担，将反过来削弱经济潜力。
10.Output per worker tumbled during the recession as joblessness rose less than output fell; it has remained poor since.
由于失业人数增加不及产出的减少，经济衰退期间每个工人的产出大幅下降，自此情况一直很糟糕。