As a result, unemployment is averaging 10% this decade and has not been below 8% for 20 years. And, while the overall level of unemployment has remained stable – albeit at a shockingly high level – the unemployment rate among young men (in the 16-24 age group) jumped from 15.3% in 1990 to 21.4% in 2005.
其结果是，近10年来的平均失业率达到了10%，而且已经有20年在8%以上徘徊。更有甚者，尽管总体失业率一直在一个令人震惊的基数上保持稳定，但是在16到24岁年龄段的青年人当中，失业率已经从1990年的15.3%跃升至2005年的21.4%。