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WASHINGTON Men's Adidas Ultra Boost 3.0 Triple Black UK For Sale , Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Several U.S. economic indicators improved in 2013, but millions of Americans remain jobless after the end of the worst economic downturn in decades.


Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy saw a boost in 2013, with May and June marking the two best months since 2008, according to a Gallup report released Thursday.


U.S. consumer spending -- the driving force of the world's largest economy -- reached its highest level since 2008, with Americans reporting a jump in their daily spending to 88 U.S. dollars in 2013, up 16 U.S. dollars from 2012.


Job creation also improved last year Women's Adidas Ultra Boost Running Shoes Green UK , with 36 percent of workers reporting that their employer was hiring, while 16 percent said their employer was letting workers go, Gallup found.


Around 10 million Americans remain jobless four-and-a-half years after the downturn, and the unemployment rate shows little sign of recovering anytime soon.


"The problem is not unwillingness to hire. It is a lack of aggregated demand and production," Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and former presidential advisor Barry Bosworth told Xinhua.


Economic Policy Institute labor economist Heidi Shierholz wrote in a report last week that jobs have seen "agonizingly slow progress toward full recovery."


The total "jobs gap" -- the number of jobs needed to return the U.S. economy to pre-recession health -- is 7.9 million jobs, Shierholz said.


The pace of the job recovery has not accelerated significantly since 2011 when on average Men's Adidas Ultra Boost Orange Running Shoes UK , the labor market added 175,000 jobs per month. In 2012, that figure was 183,000 jobs per month.


During the period from December 2012 to November 2013, for which data is available, the labor market added 191 Men's Adidas Ultra Boost Running Shoes White Grey UK ,000 jobs per month, and from September 2013 to November 2013 the labor market added 193,000 jobs per month, Shierholz noted.


"At 200,000 jobs per month, pre-recession labor market conditions would not be regained for another five years Adidas Running Ultra Boost Burgundy Shoes UK ," she argued. "To regain pre-recession labor market conditions in two years, we would need to add 400,000 jobs per month."


Bosworth believed that the situation will gradually get better as the housing market cures itself and the most severe period of fiscal restraint by the federal government seems to be over, "unless the Republicans win control of the Congress in the fall."


"But proposals such as that of (former Treasury Secretary and White House advisor) Larry Summers for a round of demand stimulus- infrastructure have attracted no support. The fiscal position of the states seems to have stabilized, and will be a small positive going forward. However, the Federal Reserve also seem less committed to future stimulus Women's Adidas Ultra Boost Pink Running Shoes UK ," Bosworth said.


"The economy is being left to fix itself. And there are no more easy policy proposals from the public sector," he said.


BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Paraguayan football team Libertad eliminated Ecuador's Barcelona from the Copa Sudamericana, with a 2-0 win that qualified it to the round of 16, media reported Thursday.


Wednesday's match in Paraguay's capital Asuncion saw Uruguay's Rodrigo Lopez and Jorge Gonzalez score the winning goals, in minutes 7 and 43 Adidas Ultra Boost Pink Grey Women's UK Running Shoes , respectively, for an overall score of 2-1 after losing 1-0 earlier in Ecuador.


Ecuador's team ended up playing with just nine footballers, after Flavio Caicedo and Alex Bolanos were red-carded.


Coach Pedro Sarabia's team is now set to play Argentina's River Plate, which defeated fellow Argentine rivals Godoy Cruz 1-0 and 2-0 in the two-leg series.


ABU DHABI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday condemned the bombing attacks against Brussels Airport and the metro station, and issued a travel warning to Brussels Adidas Ultra Boost Shoes Collegiate Royal Blue UK For Sale , reported WAM, the Emirati state news agency.


The UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation condemned the "terrorist attacks in Brussels, which claimed the lives of innocent civilians and injured several others."


The ministry added that Emiratis living in Belgium were safe, however it warned Emiratis in Belgium to exercise extreme caution and avoid public transportation.


Dr. Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, reiterated the UAE's decisive stance Sale UK Adidas Ultra Boost Navy White Men's Running Shoes , rejecting all forms of violence and indiscriminate terrorism targeting any race or religion.


Dr. Gargash also emphasized the UAE's unified stance with the Belgian government and people.


The UAE's standpoint is the outcome of its solid position which rejects all forms and manifestations of terrorism, irrespective of motive or justification, wherever, whenever and by whomever it is committed.


In addition, he called for concerted efforts from the global community in order to strive to eradicate all forms of terrorism.


Dr. Gargash expressed and conveyed the UAE's condolences to the Belgian government and people, wishing those injured a speedy recovery. Enditem


　　MADRID， April 10 (Xinhua) -- The race for the Spanish BBVA Primera Liga title was thrown wide open after FC Barcelona saw their lead at the top of the table reduced to just three points over second place Atletico Madrid and four over Real Madrid as they were beaten 1-0 away to Real Sociedad on Matchday 32 of the season.


　　Barca had not won in Real Sociedad' s Anoeta Stadium in the league since 2006 and Mikel Oiarzabal' s excellent headed goal in the opening minutes of the game made sure that history repeated itself yet again.


　　Barca worked hard to get back on level terms， but once again Luis Enrique' s side， which was without the suspended Luis Suarez， looked flat and the home side were able to defend their lead with a confidence which must have worried Barca fans.


　　Barca have now taken just one point from a possible nine and a once unassailable looking lead now looks much less convincing.