NEWS STRAITS TIMES Unemployment rate drops 2011/07/06 THE country’s unemployment rate currently stands at 3.1 per cent compared with the 3.4 per cent last year‚ the Dewan Negara heard yesterday. Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan said the government was fully harnessing its workforce to keep the unemployment rate at four per cent and below. This was because according to international standards‚ this was considered full employment. "According to the Statistics Department
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The Australian airline industry 2. The External Environment 2.1.1 Demographic Changes Momentarily‚ there is a growing‚ but also aging population in Australia. The Generation Y represents about 4.5 million of the 20 million people living in Australia. This group is reported to be setting and influencing spending pattern trends (Ben Wyld‚ 2005). . 2.1.2 Socio-Cultural Forces Socio-culturally speaking‚ we can see an ongoing trend for greater environmental concerns. Especially people
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Industry Analysis of the Airline Industry An Industry in which I have a potential future interest for an entrepreneurial venture is the ever changing airline industry. Although facing tough numbers after the 9/11 attacks‚ I have always held an interest for this industry. There are several basic economic characteristics for this industry. There are many opportunities‚ there are also many threats. The airline industry was heavily regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) for close to
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Natural rate of unemployment The natural rate of unemployment (sometimes called the structural unemployment rate) is a concept of economic activity developed in particular by Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps in the 1960s‚ both recipients of the Nobel prize in economics. In both cases‚ the development of the concept is cited as a main motivation behind the prize.[1][2] It represents the hypothetical unemployment rate consistent with aggregate production being at the "long-run" level. This level
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Unemployment Rates in the United States According to the most recent report put out by the United States Department of Labor‚ in the month of February‚ 49 states saw a decrease in nonfarm employment while Louisiana was the only one where they had seen an increase in nonfarm employment. California had a decrease in jobs since January by 116‚000 with Florida in second with 49‚500 jobs lost. While Alaska seen the smallest decease in unemployment by just 100. And again Louisiana is the only state
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Airlines PEST Analysis: The Indian Airline Industry A PEST analysis is an analysis of the external macro-environment that affects all firms. P.E.S.T. is an acronym for the Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ and Technological factors of the external macro-environment. Such external factors usually are beyond the firm’s control and sometimes present themselves as threats. For this reason‚ some say that "pest" is an appropriate term for these factors. Let us look at the PEST analysis of the Indian aviation
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MACRO PERSPECTIVE ( AIRLINE INDUSTRY) Economical can be one of the major factors for the airline industry. Due to the rate of war and terrorist event‚ the growth rate of economy dramatic slowdown‚ capacity demand‚ which gains the low yield to the airline industry. Moreover‚ oil prices increase also affect their profits. The social sector‚ which are strongly from employment perspective and safety. The technology in airline industry is fast moving‚ however it’s very costly. Alliance gives the
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The US has recently reached the lowest unemployment rate： 4.5%. In this article‚ the author provided different aspects of US’s low unemployment rate and the result of such a low unemployment rate. Comparing to the unemployment rate (10%) after 2008’s recession‚ US is now reaching a relatively low unemployment rate. A low unemployment rate is one of the four macroeconomic objectives that economists always want their nations to achieve. Unemployment is simply defined as the state of being out of
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The U.S. Airline Industry The U.S. airline industry provides a unique service to its customers. It transports people and goods with efficiency and convenience which is not achieved by any other service. The purpose of this article is to collect data on the U.S. airline industry and analyze the state of the industry today. Data came from sources such as the Federal Aviation Administration‚ scholarly articles‚ and websites such as dallas.culturemap.com and airwise.com. Tools used to analyze the data
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Econ 1023 (FR05B) Assignment One Due January 23‚ 2013 1. Classify each of the following items as included or not included in GDP. Give an explanation for those that you judge as not included. State when applicable‚ the expenditure category in which each good is included. a. The purchase of copy paper by PepsiCo‚ which is used by the company staff. Answer: This case is not included in GDP‚ because it is an intermediate goods. b. The purchase of an electronic handheld organizer
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