According to government statistics,the number of people unemployed was over 5 percent for the period from 1958 to l963. In July 198l,it rose to 7.8 percent.

• 根据美国政府的统计，一九五八年到一九六三年间，失业人数超过了百分之五；一九八一年七月，失业率上升到百分之七点八。