The Euro Zone Unemployment Rate is set to rise to 9.1% in April, the highest in nearly 4 years. A survey of economists conducted by Bloomberg suggests unemployment will surpass 10% by the end of this year and continue higher through 2010. Mounting job losses will trim disposable incomes and weigh on consumption, the largest component of total economic output. Indeed, GDP growth in the currency bloc is expected to substantially under-perform that of the US and the UK heading into the first quarter of next year, suggesting the ECB is likely to lag behind the Fed and the BOE in raising interest rates, amounting to a bearish bias for EURUSD and EURGBP in the medium- to long-term outlook.