Essays Tagged: "Unemployment Rate"

Entertainment in Milwaukee and its Effect on Urban Areas

been growing ever since.Economically, there are nearly 275,000 people employed inMilwaukee, with an unemployment rate of 6.2% and a percapita income of $21,797 (1995 World Almanac).Milwaukee is predom ...

(4 pages) 84 0 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Economic and Monetary Union of Europe. Includes personal comment

e Germany and France. One reason therefore might be that both countries have a dramatic increase in unemployment rate within the past few years. In Baden-Württemberg for example, the area where I ... in 1992 to around 9% nowadays. Most likely Mr. Chirac's and Mr. Kohl's only solution concerning the unemployment is a fully integrated economy which for sure would create new jobs in Europe.The German ...

(4 pages) 161 1 4.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > European Union

Conflicts in Monetary Policy

arelimitations to monetary policy.The term 'maximum employment' means that we should try to hold theunemployment rate as low as possible without pushing it below whateconomists call the natural rate o ... without pushing it below whateconomists call the natural rate or the full- employment rate. Pushingunemployment below that level would cause inflation to rise and thereby ruinthe other objective--sta ...

(3 pages) 273 0 2.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Why take Enterprise and Innovation?

Teens are facing a major unemployment rate when they come out of High School. This unemployment rate could be cut if students ... ching the news. Just watching the news tell us about the roller coaster ride called economy and our unemployment rate will make anyone jump and sign up. Signing up just is smart. To succeed in the rea ... us on the target. With this course, I should be able to stick my head into the lions' mouths called unemployment and a stumbling economy.

(2 pages) 112 0 3.0 Nov/1995

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Canada-U.S. unemployment rates. Why is Canada's so high?

ay excellent work-now take on the critics!!For decades prior to the 1981-82 recession, the national unemployment rates of Canada and the United States had been nearly identical. Since then, a persiste ... ince then, a persistent 'unemployment rate gap' has emerged. Throughout most of the 1980s, Canada's unemployment rate has consistently been about 2 percentage points higher than in the United States. ...

(13 pages) 186 1 4.4 Oct/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The roaring 20's.

osper due to the soaring economy. New inventions, such as cars, provided new jobs, which caused the unemployment rate to drop to a mere 2%. There was such a surplus of jobs that it seemed to some peop ... alue of all the currency circulating in the United States.After the crash many banks went bankrupt, unemployment rose from 700,000 to 3 million, AT&T went from $304 to $197.50 a share, General Mot ...

(5 pages) 107 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Unemployment and Economics.

Unemployment and EconomicsUnemployment has always been a problem in society where money, and therefo ... ind work are left without resources and capital with which they can support themselves or a family. Unemployment acts as a negative influence on the economy as it displays a lack of productivity. Howe ... on the economy as it displays a lack of productivity. However, it cannot be avoided. Some forms of unemployment will always exist, even in the most productive society, and the system today actually e ...

(4 pages) 392 0 4.8 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

History of Cuba.

ssymetrical" and encouraged no "dynamic industrial sector". Because of the dependance on sugar, the unemployment rate ranged between 16 and 20% rising and falling with sugar prices, ebbing and flowing ...

(4 pages) 93 0 4.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

The Jobless Rate.

cle while reading the business section of CNN.com last week. It's subtitled "Historically speaking, unemployment could be a lot worse, but it should be an awful lot better." The Author, Mark Gongloff, ... an awful lot better." The Author, Mark Gongloff, makes a quick point to inform the reader that the unemployment rate is at its highest level since July 1994 but it's nowhere near the highs it hit in ...

(2 pages) 46 0 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The benefits to war.

n in the workplace created many new jobs that they had yet to perform. The result was a drop in the unemployment rate, more importantly, a greater amount of money was being made which led to an increa ...

(2 pages) 41 0 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Macroeconomics

nificant information about the macroeconomy. These six variables are:Real Gross Domestic ProductThe unemployment rateThe inflation rateThe interest rateThe level of the stock marketThe exchange rate.R ... r worker.Source: Angus Maddison (1995), Monitoring the World Economy (Paris: OECD), as extended.The Unemployment RateThe second key quantity is the unemployment rate.The unemployed are all people look ...

(6 pages) 524 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

When Harsh Reality Hits- stats and research about 10th grade level high school drop outs

if they hold a General Education Development or a high school diploma. In Canada, for instance, the unemployment rate of high school drop outs is nearly three times that of university graduates (12.5% ...

(2 pages) 43 0 2.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Economics 100 Simulation on Depression

n whites to return to Pretoria, caused for more job openings that assisted with the decrease in the unemployment rate. While the unemployment rate decreased by four percent the inflation rate only inc ... crease in the income tax rate, it will have little impact on the economy as a whole.Results:GNP 1687Unemployment (%) 16Interest (%) 6Inflation (%) 3Budget Balance (Billions) -47Policy Changes for 2004 ...

(10 pages) 167 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Age Discrimination in Reverse.

t people will immediately think of discrimination against the old. One might care to argue that the unemployment rate for youth is no more than that of people over 55, and therefore is not as importan ... ith. For example, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average unemployment rate for youth aged 16-24 for 2002 is 16.5%. Compare that to an average of 8.4% for men ...

(5 pages) 124 2 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Unemployment?

there was also a war in Iraq recently. All these are true happenings. The worse is still the global unemployment rate.In fact, all these seem like a cycle. It kept on looping after it has finished its ... ture of America from the one painted by large U.S. corporations which boasted that profits were up, unemployment was down and the stock market was booming. "Every city I went to, people would tell me ...

(6 pages) 161 2 3.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Wage Discrimination in the Workplace (Note: Received a Grade of B)

ob prospects. As of March 2, 2004, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the 2003 annual unemployment rate standing at 6.0% is at its highest point since 1994 when it hit 6.1%. In 2000, the ...

(7 pages) 255 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Canada in the Great Depression

Prime Minister Bennett and King didn't treat the depression as seriously as they should have.As the unemployment rate skyrocketed, earnings dropped during the depression but the cost for living droppe ... to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor almost completely ignored the problem. The soaring unemployment rate was an overlooked, and the federal government gave the provincial government the r ...

(2 pages) 46 0 4.2 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

World War I: Canada's Role

at the war had been beneficial for Canada. In some ways it had been beneficial. Before the war, the unemployment rate was soaring. The war provided a lot of unemployed people with jobs, therefore, sub ...

(3 pages) 61 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

German Tax Reform 2004

is under pressure and can not work high efficiency because of low demand. Higher demand and a lower unemployment rate can bring Germany trough the Recessionary Trough.The German government uses the Ke ... money with less tax. This together with investments and the increasing export demand decreases the unemployment rate. The higher demand will followed with higher supply. The higher budget deficit dec ...

(7 pages) 50 0 2.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

The inflation of Macau

d to increases in real interest rates, which in turn contributed to sluggish economic activity. The unemployment rate increased over the period, unemployment rate rise gradually from 2.7% in the last ...

(4 pages) 57 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics