Since 2009‚ our unemployment rate has been steadily dropping. The Great Recession from 2007 to 2009 had a significant impact on the economy spiking the unemployment rate of the United States at a shocking ten percent. Thankfully‚ under the governing of President Obama we have managed to reduce that rate to under five percent. Nelson D. Schwartz at the New York Times suggested that the decrease has necessitated employers to increase their wages to entice new employees and retain current ones‚ but
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An Initial Study on the Forecast Model for Unemployment Rate Mohd Nadzri Mohd Nasir‚ Kon Mee Hwa and Huzaifah Mohammad1 Abstract The purpose of the article is to determine the most suitable technique to generate the forecast of unemployment rate using data from the series of Labour Force Surveys. The models understudied are based on Univariate Modelling Techniques i.e. Naïve with Trend Model‚ Average Change Model‚ Double Exponential Smoothing and Holt’s Method Model. These models are normally
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that Affect Unemployment Rate: The Philippine Case An empirical paper presented to Dr. Cesar Rufino School of Economics De La Salle University In partial fulfillment of the course requirements in ECONMET Submitted by: Ramon Mikael S. Cabazor April 12‚ 2014 Table of Contents Introduction Background of the Study Statement of the Problem and Objective Significance of the Study Scope and Limitation 3 3 4 4 5 Review of Related Literature Unemployment and its Impact
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Economic history of Cambodia Cambodia was a farming area in the first and second millennia BCE. States in the area engaged in trade in the Indian Ocean and exported rice surpluses. Complex irrigation systems were built in the 9th century. The French colonial period left the large feudal landholdings intact. Roads and a railway were built‚ and rubber‚ rice and corn grown. After independence Sihanouk pursued a policy of economic independence‚ securing aid and investment from a number of countries
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1930’s. In the United States‚ the unemployment rate went up to 25 percent‚ making it the highest of America’s history. Franklin D. Roosevelt took presidency in 1933‚ promising the country a stable economy and prevention from another Great War. This stable economy‚ he had hoped‚ would come from his “3 R’s” theory (Relief‚ Recovery‚ and Reform)‚ all coinciding with his New Deal programs. For a short period of time‚ F.D.R’s New Deal programs affected the unemployment rate slightly‚ but only placed a band-aid
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independence from British colonial rule in 1980 to an economic crisis that reached its climax in the years 2006-2008 and that had far-reaching effects into almost every sector of the economy and a world topping unemployment rate of over 95% according to the CIA World Factbook (2012). The unemployment rate is the proportion of the economically active population that is unemployed and actively looking for employment (Hussmanns‚ 2007). In 1990‚ Zimbabwe embarked on a program of Economic Reforms popularly known
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The Development Research Forum in Cambodia Scoping Study: Research Capacities of Cambodia’s Universities Team Members: KWOK Kian-Woon‚ CHAN Sopheap‚ HENG Chinda‚ KIM Sedara‚ NETH Baromey and THON Vimealea Research Assistants: Kelvin CHIA‚ CHHOENG Sotheavan and NHEM Sochea Scoping Study: Research Capacities of Cambodia’s Universities* Special Report Team Members: KWOK Kian-Woon‚ CHAN Sopheap‚ HENG Chinda‚ KIM Sedara‚ NETH Baromey and THON Vimealea Research Assistants: Kelvin CHIA‚ CHHOENG
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Title: Unemployment in economics Specific purpose: To introduce the rate of unemployment through economics perspective‚ and the difference between structural unemployment and frictional unemployment. Central idea: The factor which influence whether we can find a job is not just depend on what kind of person we are‚ but also the unemployment in economics itself. Main point: 1. Main three kinds of unemployment influence the rate of unemployment. 2. The concept of classical unemployment and its
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* The number of cell phones in India was 250 Million [4] in Jan 2008; about 400 million in mid 2009 and slated to easily cross 500 Million [5] in 2010 with a current growth rate of over 10 million new cell phones a month. A growth that is clearly not abating. At $20–$200 per cell phone and $0.02-$0.04 a minute rate‚ it is a luxury that folks earning $1 a day cannot afford after paying for food‚ housing‚ clothes. * 2001 numbers for basic amenities from census bureau[6] for percentage household
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clothing. Unemployment rates are on the rise and unemployment is becoming a leading issue in America after the economic recession the country has been facing in recent years. Because employment is the standard means for earning a salary to afford the basic needs to live‚ job cuts have serious repercussions. There are different causes of unemployment‚ many effects on unemployed individuals and the individual’s family‚ and numerous statistics that show the rise of unemployment rates as well as the
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