Individual Project 2: Expected U.S. Unemployment Rate: A look into the future January 18‚ 2011 Professor Lynn Moore Introduction The economy is in a real crisis regarding the rapid decline of employment across the nation. The United States unemployment rate at the end of 2010 was reported at 9.4 percent‚ however‚ despite the high percentage of unemployment nationwide there may be a light at the end of this very dark tunnel. The national unemployment rate between November of 2010 and December
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The University of Alberta Economics 102 – B1 Introduction to Macroeconomics First Term Examination Special Code: 24 A. Wong 90 Minutes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. July 15‚ 2010 Section I: Multiple Choice. Do all 50 questions for 50 marks on the NCS sheet provided in pencil. Each question is worth 1 mark. For each questions‚ choose the BEST possible answer. The goal of macroeconomics is a. to explain how economic changes affect prices of particular goods. b. to devise policies
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According to Gillespie (2011)1‚ “unemployment is a measure of the number of jobless people who want to work‚ are available to work‚ and are actively seeking employment.” However‚ unemployment does not include underemployed workers and part time workers. Since 2008‚ the global unemployment rate has grown. However‚ in normal situations or even boom times‚ the unemployment rate never equals to zero. Hence‚ the main purpose of this essay will demonstrate the situation of unemployment. It will first describe how
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GDP GDP (gross domestic product)‚ is the market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given time period. This definition has four parts: Market value‚ final goods and services‚ whether it was produced within a country‚ and the time period. GDP is a market value‚ which means that goods and services are valued at their market prices. A final good (or service)‚ is an item bought by its final user during a specified time period‚ a final good contrasts with an intermediate
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GDP consists of Gross (before taking into consideration the depreciation in the value of the product)‚ Domestic (within the borders of a country) and Product which simply means a good or service. So what does it all mean when all these three factors are interlinked? GDP is simply the market value of all the final goods and services produced within a country in a given time period – usually a year (Parkin et al. 2005: 438). The definition of GDP is composed of four parts. Firstly‚ we have to take
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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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Stock Market depends on the overall health of the Economy‚ and real Economic variables which tend to display persistence. Therefore‚ an interesting question in finance is: what derives stock market volatility? Understanding the nature of stock market volatility gives some important implications for policy makers‚ economic forecasters and investors. Studying the impact of MacroEconomic factors such as Inflation‚ Interest Rate‚ Dollar Value and FII on conditional stock market volatility also has
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1.0 INTRODUCTION TO UNEMPLOYMENT Unemployment is a situation where people have no job whether they are quitted or being fired and they are actively searching for it. There are two theories that were explained about unemployment that is Classical theory and Keynesian theory. 2.0 THEORIES THAT EXPLAIN UNEMPLOYMENT 2.1 CLASSICAL THEORY The first theory is Classical theory. It was first developed by Karl Max. From this theory it state that the level of unemployment will increase if there is government
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TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION YEAR II ECONOMETRICS The analysis of the factors which influence the rate of unemployment Sacarea Alexandra Sabrina Table of contents 1.Objectives of project 2.Stages of analysis 2.1.Data collection 2.2.Estimation of parameters 3.Graphical representation 4.Statistical tests 4.1.Fisher Test 4.2.Student Test 5.Durbin-Wtason Test 6
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rising living standards are powerful levers for reducing birth and mortality rates. India has met the challenge of producing sufficient food to feed everyone‚ but it has yet to meet the challenge of generating sufficient employment opportunities to ensure that all its people have the purchasing power to obtain the food they require. Gainful employment is one of the most essential conditions for food security and economic security. Conversely‚ food security is an essential requirement for raising the
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