When people enter or reenter the labor force and begin to search for a job, that is generally a good thing even though at the margin their entry tends to increase the unemployment rate (or prevent it from declining). Beginning in the 1960s, labor force participation rose steadily as women entered the paid workforce (figure 4).
6  BIS Review 22/2009  I have had occasion, elsewhere, to remark that the approach to capital strengthening must be pragmatic. Banks must take all necessary measures and seize all opportunities. Some groups have already begun to move by disposing of non-essential assets, retaining earnings and going to the market.