Unemployment
The United States unemployment rate reached a post–World War II high of 9.7 percent in 1982. It remained high at 9.6 percent in 1983 as a result of the most severe economic recessi...
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Unemployment is when somebody is not employed. In the UK, many people are not working but also are not ¡§officially unemployed.¡¨ These people are inactive members of the working a...
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Many people fear being unemployed for a number of reasons. The ordinary person can fear unemployment, firstly due to stigma attached to it by our society today. Many people feel if they do not have a ...
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In an economy, the labour market is known as a factor market as it involves the selling of labour, one of the four factors of production, to employers in return for income. The Australian labour mark...
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Unemployment is the percentage of people in the labour force without work but actively seeking employment. Australia's rate of unemployment is around 23 year lows measuring at 5.7% in April, 2004 but ...
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The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell last week by the sharpest amount in nearly two months, indicating a healthy labor market despite the sluggish economy.The...
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The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits shot up unexpectedly last week, rising to the highest level in two months.The Labor Department reported that unemploymen...
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Louisiana wants thousands of state and local government workers to send back $10 million in unemployment pay they received while still collecting regular pay after Hurricane Katrina.A state audit f...
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The rules for 401(k) plans need to be changed to allow people to take penalty-free distributions from their 401(k) account(s) during times of unemployment. Those distributions could come from accou...
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The dollar dropped to a near record low against the euro Friday after a U.S. government report showed unemployment rose in April.The euro rose as high as $1.3610 Friday in New York, within a cent o...
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The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in seven weeks, an unexpected sign of improvement for the jobs market.The Labor Department reported T...
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Newly laid-off workers signed up for unemployment benefits at a faster pace last week as companies try to cope with sluggish growth in the national economy.The Labor Department reported Thursday th...
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The number of newly laid off people signing up for jobless benefits rose last week, suggesting that employment conditions are softening a tad.The Labor Department reported Thursday that new applica...
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Gearing up for the holidays, employers boosted hiring in November, and hundreds of thousands of jobseekers streamed into the market, nudging the unemployment rate up to 4.5 percent.The Labor Depart...
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Unemployment
Unemployment Economics in the UK
Unemployment claims down
