This growth has led to low unemployment in the town.

That has not happened yet, despite many months of low unemployment.

And at least for the moment, he says, "they have lower unemployment than we do."

Healthy growth and low unemployment are what we all want.

"Maybe it is because people don't think they will have trouble finding a job with unemployment so low," he said.

For example, what has been done in Norway, where there is very low unemployment?

With low unemployment, very few expect to be claiming benefits at all.

Colorado's varied economic base has also brought lower unemployment in the 1990's than the national average.

There is even some evidence that low unemployment lowered it.

The combination of strong growth and low unemployment, he said, had not yet put the expansion at risk.