Affect of unemployment in economy Unemployment (or joblessness) occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work. The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. During periods of recession‚ an economy usually experiences a relatively high unemployment rate.[2] According to International Labour Organization report‚ more than
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Petrochemicals prices climb 2% in December on tight supplies LONDON‚ January 9‚ 2013 - Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market climbed 2% to $1‚350 per metric ton (/mt) in December‚ according to the just-released monthly average of the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI)‚ a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals. This follows a drop of 2% in November. But on a year-over-year basis‚ petrochemical prices were up 16% from the December 2011 average price of $1‚161/mt
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7048600.stm Wednesday‚ 2 January 2008‚ 22:36 GMT What is driving oil prices so high? Oil prices have hit a record high at $100 a barrel. Prices have doubled from the rates seen in January 2007 and more than quadrupled since 2002. What factors are causing this unremitting increase and what are the likely consequences for consumers and the global economy? What is causing the latest price spike? This was triggered by concerns about violence in Nigeria and Algeria as well as the
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the economy took a turn for the worst‚ everyone was looking for the best deals! One could not waste a single penny earned on just anything! Everything and anything counted! So what supermarket did everyone rely on to save money? Walmart! Walmart is the world’s largest retailer and corporation employing 2.1 million people and approximately 1 percent of the United States (Smart Planet)‚ and usually is the place one would go to get the best deals‚ but is it really good for one’s local economy? There
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Lower Oil Prices - Not a Good Sign! Posted by Gail the Actuary on July 5‚ 2012 - 9:58am Topic: Economics/Finance Tags: debt default‚ default‚ high oil price‚ low oil price‚ oil prices‚ recession [list all tags] Are lower oil prices good news? Not really‚ if it means the world is sinking into recession. We know from recent past experience and from common sense that higher oil prices are a drag on oil importing economies‚ because if more $$$ are spent on the same amount of oil‚ there is less to
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Due to having only one regulator who oversees the system‚ these virtual currency systems are decentralised and display information irregularity in the system. For ‘Bitcoin’‚ due to the complexity of the system not all users completely understand how it works which leads to risks some users take without realising the consequences of those risks. Creation of Monetary Value The creation of monetary values using virtual currency such as ‘Bitcoin’ and ‘Linden Dollars’ can lead to risks and implication
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Before 1860 the United States showed an economy markedly divided into three productive zones: the industrial northeast‚ the southern slave‚ and the midwest food supply. However‚ the end of the Civil War was an important economic change‚ not only because of the economic downturn in the southern plantations but also by the consumer goods industry and the capital goods industry. As a consequential of this‚ after the Civil War‚ the Industrialization leaves a grateful economic development‚ social innovation
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INTRODUCTION Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is the oil market leader in Pakistan enjoying over 78.2% share of Black Oil market and 54.3% share of White Oil market. It is engaged in import‚ storage‚ distribution and marketing of various POL products‚ including Mogas‚ Diesel‚ Fuel Oil‚ Jet Fuel‚ Kerosene‚ LPG‚ CNG and petro-chemicals. This blue chip company‚ the winner of "Karachi Stock Exchange Top Companies Award" and a member of World Economic Forum‚ has been a popular topic of case studies in Pakistan
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How does tourism affects Economy ? Tourism is usually described as having three major types of impacts on many of the places which tourists visit These effects are economic‚ environmental‚ and socio-cultural in nature. However‚ some impacts have been attributed to tourism though they may in fact originate elsewhere. Instead‚ more appropriate sources may be the media‚ the advertising & fashion industries‚ new industrial development‚ urbanisation‚ modern agriculture‚ mining and forestry projects
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history. The world is growing faster than ever and with it come many beneficial advancements. But what is unaware to the world is behind the scenes; the economics of this world. Over the years unemployment has fluctuated due to the introduction of machinery. What used to be thirty cashiers in a Walmart‚ is now one employee overseeing thirty robotic cashiers. With robots‚ costs of production have decreased significantly however‚ massive structural unemployment continues to grow. How are robots affecting
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