have abstracted from the channelnewsasia.com‚ is about the recession that hit Singapore back in 2008. In the said article‚ the recession in 2008 was so bad‚ that it left many Singaporeans jobless due to high rate of retrenchment‚ that was possible to reach as high as it was during the 1998 Asian financial crisis and 2001 economic downturn that left up to 30‚000 workers retrenched. Besides causing loss of jobs for many workers‚ the recession in 2008 subsequently affected the manufacturing sector‚ tourism
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Unemployment Unemployment refers to those people who are willing and able to work‚ actively seeking work but is unable to find suitable employment. In Australia unemployment is measured by a monthly telephone survey of the labour force conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). These unemployment statistics reflect the number of people who are not working but actively seeking it. To be classified as actively seeking work the following criteria must be followed: regularly checking
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The rising unemployment rate among fresh university graduates today is an upsetting trend. Now the pool of unemployed graduates is rising to worrying levels even in some high-growth economies. This is due to several factors or causes that result in the increase of the unemployment rate today. This article brings and discusses the main causes and issues/effects on the unemployment of many fresh graduates. It is expected that this study of unemployment will achieve the objective and highlights of some
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2 Type of unemployment............................................................................................. 4 * Frictional Unemployment * Structural Unemployment * Cyclical Unemployment * Seasonal Unemployment Factors of unemployment......................................................................................... 6 * Business cycle * Aggregate demand * Decrease in aggregate supply Effect of unemployment...........................
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Unemployment & How It Effects Society Final Project Towards the end of the Bush administration and the beginning of the Obama administration‚ unemployment began to peak‚ and eventually was at an all time high since the Great Depression. Unemployment affects individuals as well as society as a whole. It affects the outlook of the country; the families that help build the nation‚ and the progress of said nation. Unemployment is said to create a ripple effect‚ it is the headline factor that
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main means by which unemployment can be controlled? Unemployment‚ the state of being unemployed‚ especially involuntarily can cause big problems in our modern world. But how does one measure such an enormous prospect? When measuring unemployment it is first necessary to measure the working population‚ as not every person is able to work. Looking at the elderly and young children as labour resources would be a waste of time. Therefore the first step to controlling unemployment would be to first measure
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Introduction In this essay I will be analysing what influence the recession has had on consumer behaviour and the cause behind those changes in performance. A recession is defined as two straight quarters of depressing economic growth‚ as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country. Consumer behaviour can be defined as ‘The study of when‚ why‚ how‚ and where people do or do not buy products. The recent recession began in December 2007 and produce from the USA‘s advance market‚ mortgages
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of Unemployment 06 Impacts on Pakistani Society 07 Data Analysis 09 Remedies 14 Conclusion 16 Bibliography 16 INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS • ‘The unavailability of jobs for the inhabitants of a society is called unemployment’. • In economics‘One who is willing to work at a prevailing wage rate yet is unable to find a paying job is considered to be unemployed’. TYPES OF UNEMPLOYMENT There
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Unemployment Problem in Australia Introduction According to the Labor government and the mainstream media‚ Australia has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world. In reality‚ joblessness has risen to serious levels‚ and is worsening‚ in working class suburbs across Australia. Officially‚ the unemployment rate in Australia increased to 5.70 percent in October of 2013 from 5.60 percent in September of 2013(Trading Economics‚ 2013). Unemployment is troubling for the unemployed people and
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Explanation on the positive effects of a recession The recession is good for the economy. A recession means that there is a negative growth in GDP in a country during two successive quarters. During a recession people lost their jobs‚ companies go bankrupt and governments run deficits but these effects do not outweigh the positive effects of a recession. Education Education is feeling this sharply – whether you’re a school pupil‚ a university student‚ a teacher‚ a lecturer‚ a researcher‚ a library
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