Unemployment in Europe has been persistently higher than across the Atlantic.
Meanwhile inflation has been persistently higher than the euro-zone average.
Employee absence from work is persistently higher in the public and voluntary sectors than in other sectors, with stress increasingly blamed as the main problem.
This fragmentation diminishes the depth and liquidity of the markets and makes the cost of capital in Europe persistently higher than it is in America.
Interestingly, Mr Piketty reckons this world, in which the return to capital is persistently higher than growth, is the more "normal" state.
The most likely reason for one country to have higher nominal interest rates than another is because it has persistently higher inflation.
Today, the bells of crisis still resound — persistently higher unemployment rates, unfair lending practices, and disturbing cultures of gun violence — in black communities across the country.
Persistently higher inflation rates could limit the Bank of England's ability to keep interest rates low to allow for a more stable recovery, some economists said.
He dissected patterns like heavy immigration by Asians, who have low crime rates, and New York's persistently higher youth unemployment and poverty rates.
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In addition to the warmer waters generated by the El Niño conditions, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation is also creating persistently higher than normal sea surface temperatures in the northeastern Pacific.
