Rising unemployment is a political time bomb for the government.
日益严重的失业问题对政府来说是一枚政治上的定时炸弹。
House prices rose five per cent last year.
去年房价上涨百分之五。
Unemployment may be an underlying cause of the rising crime rate.
失业可能是犯罪率攀升的潜在原因。
Lending by banks rose to$ 10 billion last year.
去年银行发放的贷款增至100亿元。
There has been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work.
失业人数急剧增长。