The US is somewhat of an outlier; it moved from 'top of class' to 'comparable to...

		Someone on Aug 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We’re not going to have a jobless recovery. We’re ... The US is somewhat of an outlier; it moved from 'top of class' to 'comparable to the EU as a whole' in a few years (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index...., figure 3)