In December 2008, the domestic unemployment rate jumped to a six-year high of 5.03 %, leaving 549,000 persons out of work. And if we include the estimated 200,000 who have been forced to take vacation without pay, Taiwan's implied unemployment rate approaches 7 %.
2008 年 12 月國內失業率飆升到近 6 年最高的 5.03 %，已讓 54.9 萬人失去飯碗，若把估計的 20 萬名休無薪假的勞工計算進去，台灣隱含的失業率已逼近 7 %。