between the unemployment rate and the average length of an ongoing spell of unemployment. i have to admit i was watching christina romer deal with the facts her figures were not on the slide, trying to figure how i might describe that. [laughter] that cloud looks a little like the state of kentucky. what [laughter] i am going to point out to you is the progression looks like west virginia. the red dots per cent monthly figures for 2008 and 2009. at the beginning of the recession and an atomic rate was 5%. the average duration was 17 weeks. at the beginning of the recession the average unemployment rate was 5%. this initial divergence is largely accounted for by a secular shift towards longer spells of unemployment due to the aging of the work force at a much stronger labour force attachment. there is some secular change represented in these relationships we started out with. the first 15 months of the recession, average duration increased with unemployment at roughly the ra
leaving afghanistan is july next year but defense secretary gates says son could leave room here. during a visit to afghanistan today, he said it depends on conditions. he visited a training ground where afghan soldiers undergo weeks of training by u.s. and british troops. also, mahmoud ahmadinejad. at a press conference in the afghan capital, he said it is the u.s. that is playing a double game in the country, fighting terrorists it helped to create. the iranian president responding to secretary gates who earlier accused iran of playing a double game by having a good relationship with the afghan government while undermining u.s. and nato efforts. tehran says it supports the afghan government and denies allegations that it helps the taliban. . campaign to raise academic standards across the country. the blueprint is named to replace a hodgepodge of state benchmarks with common standards. those are some of the headlines on c-span radio. this weekend, book tv is headed west
this is what it is cruel, because it sends a very clear message to children in families where the par that is another reason we will introduce it. my constituency was on there eight months before he got a job. this is the highest figure in the northwest. is this not the real reality of where they have failed young people? the reality is that there are four times fewer people unemployed now than there were in the previous recession because of the action that we have taken. i can assure him that we will fight hard to support jobs and particularly jobs for young people that is why we have introduced the future jobs with a guarantee that within only six months, ever person under the age of 24 will be guaranteed work or training. can my right hon. friend inform that foreign money is being used? representations from the electoral commission of foreign money being used to i constituency? well, i think there is an important issue that my honorable friend has raised. it is e
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