Unemployment peaked at 11 percent in the fall of 1984.

He forecast that unemployment would peak at 8.1% in 2010, falling over each of the next four years.

Unemployment peaked at ten percent between 1931 and 1933.

Unemployment peaked at 14.9 percent in 1987, almost double the national average, and it is still near 12 percent.

Massachusetts had undergone expansion since unemployment peaked at 12.5 percent in 1975.

Unemployment peaked at 8.5 per cent (about 200,000 unemployed) in 1978.

Unemployment peaked at over 10.7% percent in 1982 then dropped during the rest of Reagan's terms, and inflation significantly decreased.

Nevertheless, this year's official figures represent an improvement over 2002, when unemployment peaked at 12.9 percent in March.

Unemployment peaked in 1878 at something like 8.25%.

Unemployment will peak at 8.2pc in 2011, and the household squeeze to be quite severe with average earnings climbing just 2pc against inflation of 4.2pc.