Assignment # 1 Forecasting (Total marks: 100) Following 10 Problems are for submission Problem 1: [12] Registration numbers for an accounting seminar over the past 10 weeks are shown below: |Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | |Registrations 24 23 28 30 38 32 36 40 44 40 | a) Starting with week 2 and ending with
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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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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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An Analysis on Factors 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
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The Effect of Minimum Wage in Unemployment Rate By KING NING ALFRED LAM I. Introduction Minimum wage is the lowest hourly wage that employers can legally pay to workers. The policy makers claim that the purpose of the minimum wage law is to increase the standard of living of workers and reduces poverty. However‚ there are critics about minimum wage would increases poverty by increasing unemployment rate. This topic has been debated for over 6 decades‚ there are significant numbers of studies
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Econometrics March 3‚ 2011 Unemployment Rate and Total New Houses Sold For decades‚ owning a home has been touted as the very heart of "the American Dream"‚ but today that dream is out of reach for an increasing number of Americans. Why? It is because there are not nearly enough jobs for everyone. Without a jobs recovery‚ there simply is not going to be a housing recovery. In this report‚ I will perform a regression analysis to determine the effect of the Unemployment Rate (UR) on Total New Houses
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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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accounts for the today’s difference in unemployment rates between France and US? France has one of the highest unemployment rates out of the industrialized nations. It has been at around 10% for the last two decades. Many French workers will go through unemployment at some point in their career‚ and it is an especially high probability for the low skilled workers and the young. There are many possible reasons for why France has a much higher unemployment rate than the US and different groups have
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Youth unemployment causes trouble to everyone. Some people don’t care about youth unemployment . However it is a major problem in Canada caused mainly by the lack of education that the youths are receiving and the lack of jobs that are available. High unemployment amongst youth is directly related to the lack of education‚ training‚ and skills. High school dropouts are four times more likely to be unemployed as those students that have completed four or more years of college. High school graduates
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There are currently 17% of Caroline County households registered as having no one in the household employed (US Department of Commerce‚ 2015b). Caroline County’s unemployment rate is 7%‚ higher than the state average of 5%. The county’s median household income falls well below the state average‚ $58‚417 and $64‚792 respectively. Over 73% of the employed residents earn $79‚999 or less with the highest percentage of earned wages occurring within the $20‚000-$49‚000 range (US Department of Commerce
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