Inflation affects the real economy in two specific areas: it can harm economic efficiency‚ and it can affect total output. We begin with the efficiency impacts:- Inflation impairs economic efficiency because it distorts prices and price signals. In a low inflation economy‚ if the market price of a good rises‚ both buyers and sellers know that there has been an actual change in supply and/or demand conditions for that good‚ and they can react appropriately. By contrast in a high inflation economy
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Unemployment Unemployment is defined as when a person is available to work and seeking work but currently without work. Unemployment is one of the most important social problem of not only Pakistan but the problem of all over the world. Unemployment is a central problem of Pakistan because when unemployment is high‚ resources are wasted and people’s incomes are depressed; during such periods‚ economics distress also spills over to affect people’s emotions and family lives. The socio economics
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MACROECONOMICS – WHAT IS STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT? EVALUATE THE MEASURES THE GOVERNMENTS MIGHT TAKE TO COMBAT IT. Structural unemployment is a branch of natural unemployment. It occurs when there is a continuous fall in demand for a particular labour market‚ derived from a change in the economy’s structure (e.g. change in consumer’s taste‚ automation‚ low cost labour alternatives in foreign countries… etc.) The reason why this is ‘natural’ is because there will always be a certain amount of structural
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2020‚ i.e.‚ 2.0 percent per annum. A glance at unemployment in INDIA Total unemployment in India has been estimated to be about 35 million persons in 2002. This figure takes into account the significant level of underemployment and seasonal variations in the availability of work. It also reflects wide variations in the rate of unemployment among different age groups and regions of the country. Approximately three-fourth of the unemployed
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of ’Unemployment’Unemployment occurs when a person who is actively searching for employment is unable to find work. Unemployment is often used as a measure of the health of the economy. | The most frequently cited measure of unemployment is the unemployment rate. This is the number of unemployed persons divided by the number of people in the labor force. Reasons for Unemployment People can be unemployed for a variety of reasons. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) notes five prime reasons
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INFLATION - ITS CAUSES and ITS EFFECTS ON VARIOUS SECTORS ON INDIA - September 2nd‚ 2010 WHAT IS INFLATION Defination: Inflation is defined as the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising and subsequently purchasing power is falling Measures of Inflation Inflation is measured by calculating the percentage rate of change of a price index‚ which is called the inflation rate. Consumer price indices Cost of living indices Producer price indices
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be a number of people who are unemployed. Unemployment is when there are people in our society who desire work but are unable to obtain it because of the fact that there are not enough jobs for everyone. There are many factors that can cause unemployment but one of the biggest factors is lack of private investment. This is caused by private companies not expanding their activities fast or not expanding them fast enough. Another main factor of unemployment is the increase of labour costs. Labour costs
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(temporarily‚ I hope) I am one of them. Yet I am convinced there has never been a better time to be young. The world is bursting with opportunity; every day‚ new inventions answer questions we had never thought to ask. It’s time to tackle youth unemployment in that spirit; as Einstein said‚ “we can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Generation Y should stop asking “why me?” and start asking “why not?” First‚ we must adopt the right mindset: positive
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suggests that drones do better at both identifying the terrorist and avoiding collateral damage than anything else we have”(Choices‚ 225). Drones are really the moral high ground for war‚ an irony in itself‚ but nevertheless true. Drones are the only combat policy that America has used during the war on terror that has been
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to serve in combat roles and what are the ethical implications? Based on the book: WOMEN IN COMBAT Civic Duty or Military Liability? by Lorry M. Fenner and Marie de Young Since World War II‚ women have been serving in dangerous positions within the military. Although technically women cannot serve in combat roles‚ “more than 800 women have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alone‚ and more than 150 have been killed” (Domi). The policy banning women
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