But when you consider insignificant net new job creation and true nationwide unemployment at around 18% (including Americans who are underemployed and those who have taken themselves out of the job market altogether), the recovery seems gaunt.
Industry bonuses are still expected to total well over $20 billion–small compared to last year's stupendous $33.2 billion, but not an insignificant New Year's present for the very people who have played a crucial role in wrecking the world economy.
Publicly, President Johnson dismissed McCarthy's victory as "insignificant"; "New Hampshire is the only place," he scoffed on election night, "where candidates can claim 20percentt as a landslide, 40percentt as a mandate, and 60percentt as unanimous".
At the same time, the share of Iran from this common oil field compared to Qatar is insignificant (Mehr News 2011).
She goes to university, with a new, insignificant boyfriend but no close female companions.
Two months ago, the Long Beach City Council, in a measure that some opponents said made the city manager's job insignificant, created a new post that duplicated many of its duties.
Nepal may be small, poor and relatively insignificant, but this new assembly will have to tackle some of the thorniest questions facing any modern nation, compounded by the challenge of rebuilding the country after 10 years of guerrilla war.
She holds title to her own cattle, has a personal account with a microfinance credit union and is quick to point out that while this may seem insignificant to a New Yorker accustomed to such symbols of Western wealth as reliable electricity and plumbing, it is considered a vast change in circumstance for a woman from rural India, even now.
While these are not record-breaking numbers by any means, they are "not insignificant for a new product," notes One Click Retail in its report.
