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Unemployment rate, one of the biggest macroeconomic indicators. Unemployment rate controls the rate of the economy, or GDP. If unemployment rate drops from 9.1% to under 5%, the entire economy would benefit. The job market would increase, total products produced would increase, and the overall standard of living would also increase. Employment is a key economic factor that affects all things economic.

QE3 began in September of 2012 with a gross domestic product increasing by 4.5%, which is an impressive gain over the previous years of very little growth, GDP currently, has had a relatively steady increase over each quarter amounting to 3.9% for the most recent data. However, while GDP is of serious concern, inflation and unemployment rates have not been so easily persuaded. According the Bureau of Labor Statistics (1), in September 2013 unemployment was in a downswing but still resided at 7.2%, much higher than the Feds target rate of 5%. Currently unemployment is at 5.8% which is within the realm of the Fed’s goal. Inflation has

Many people might want to say that the US economy is climbing out of the recession and becoming more stable. Yes,the economy is changing, the unemployment rate is getting better, the GDP is showing a positive increase and the inflation rated is currently at 1.7% which are all indicators that the economy is getting better. Yet, the Fed’s need to monitor the economy because there can be a potential bounce back into recession with the problems in the Middle East, Russia, and elsewhere in the world which can greatly affect the economy here in the U.S. if the U.S gets deeply involved.

Job growth further slowing. After all, since employment is a lagging indicator, it can take a few quarters to respond to changes in economic activity.

The graph of the CPI (inflation) and the unemployment rate have an inverse relationship, the fact that both keep their inverse relationship throughout the next year might prove that the analyst prediction is correct. As it says on the FinancialNerd website a extremely low unemployment rate would cause inflation to rise since the supply and demand ratio will shift and prices will rise. I expect the country’s GDP to be higher due to the predicted unemployment level. As it says on wisegeek when the unemployment level decreases, the GDP increases since the consumer confidence increases.

The unemployment rate in the United States has improved dramatically over the last two years, from a high of 8.3% in July 2012, to a low of 6.6% in January 2014. In October of 2012, the civilian labor force increased from 578,000 to 155.6 million, labor force participation increased up to 63.8%, and total employment overall rose by 410,000! Since then, the unemployment rate has been falling at a stable rate due to a political push from Washington DC and new employment initiatives. The inflation rate over the last 2 years has been relatively stably, with a few major increases and decreases in 2012 and 2013. It reached a high of 2.3% in June of 2012, and reached a low of 1.0% at the end of 2013. The federal interest rate has remained at a constant .25% over the past few years.

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remain subdued, and the unemployment rate is probably to rise to a higher level in a

When discussing information that is important to the topic of Macroeconomics, it is easy to understand what are the key topics and elements that play a vital role in the functioning of economics. A few of those very important topics are inflation and employment. Both characteristics have a huge part in economics as a whole. The current article that I found regarding these two important parts of economics is the current FAQs article titled “How does monetary policy influence inflation and employment?” As the title clearly states, this article answers the question of how exactly the monetary policy influences inflation and employment.

The first economic indicator that I will be discuss is the inflation rate. The rate that price of products and services steadily increases is the inflation rate. The reason that the financial managers of FedEx should be aware of the inflation rate of Canada is the fact that higher inflation rates has an impact on the buying power of the consumers. As the prices of products are increased due to inflation, consumers may become more reluctant to spend their money. Also, the company may become victim of the inflation rate directly. FedEx may see an increase in expenses if they company decides to purchase products locally and in utility bills.

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2. People who are no longer looking for work are not counted in unemployment statistics, so the unemployment rate is calculated as follows:

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