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    In 1995, the government implemented a National Competition Policy aiming to promote competition in markets so that firms increase efficiency and lower prices for consumers. Hence, overall be able to impact upon unemployment and economic growth rates. The reform aims to increase competitions in sectors where they operate monopolies (such as electricity, gas, water and rail and road transport) and also to remove special provisions that gave publicly owned enterprises and advantage over private sector

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    unavoidable in the process of long-term economic growth. As long-term economic growth happens by improving economies efficiency, this is generally achieved by supply side policies. For this reason determinants would include, policies to reduce unemployment, entrepreneurial spirit, technology, education and training and investment. It is important to understand how to improve long-term economic growth in order to deal with and adjust when a recession hits. Changes in investors can often lead to a

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    According to Investopedia, “Unemployment is a phenomenon that occurs when a person who is actively searching for employment, but is unable to find work.” With the given definition, imagine getting paid three dollars an hour working at a bar, while seeing someone else doing the exact same job getting paid ten dollars an hour. In Italy, this is a very common problem being based on the location of the job. For example, Giuliana Stavolo, a southern Italian native, finds herself one of the lucky ones

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    Minimum Wage Analysis

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    Data has shown that the unemployment rate of Seattle kept on decreasing monthly since 2010 (“Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject.”). On top of that, we can see from the data collected by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website: in April 2015, the month that Seattle started phasing in an increase in minimum wage, the unemployment rate dropped from 4.6% to 3.4%, which is over two percent below the national unemployment rate 6.3% (“WA Economy at a Glance”; “Economy in

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    unemployed as of February of 2016 (ILO, 2016). The numbers show that Germany experienced a continuous decline leading to positive estimation of the unemployment condition. Compared with the prior year, the region experienced a fall of unemployment over 1, 000, 000 and more in the extended area (ILO, 2016). Figure 13: Trends in German Youth Unemployment (OECD, 2016) The OECD cites statistics that support the strengthening of the German, and wider Euro, labour market, yet, progress remains uneven and

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    is a highly contentious one. Members of the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) and academic economists disagree about what constitutes appropriate future macroeconomic policy for the Unites States. In the past, the Fed had been able to raise rates when the unemployment rate was under 5% and inflation was at a target of 2%. Enigmatically, since the Great Recession and despite a strengthening economy, year-over-year total inflation since 2008 has averaged only 1.4%—as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures

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    The Great Depression was an economic plunge that consumed the world creating poverty, unemployment and other hardships to almost everyone who lived through the 1930’s. One controversial question that can be asked in Canada is if the government had an adequate response to the hardships that were faced at that time. Based on the points that are provided in my research it is clear that the government responses were not adequate and several hardships could have been prevented if the government had produced

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    then give my reasoning for selecting each problem and discuss my ideas for correcting these problems. I believe that America is facing a great deal of problems at this time; however, the top four issues in my opinion are economic instability, unemployment, gun control and limitations on Constitutional rights. I selected my top four based upon how the issue impacts American citizens and their families. I also selected things that I

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    Employee Welfare Programs

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    provide basic information regarding three employee welfare programs signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. The programs included in this research paper are the social security program, the workers’ compensation program, and the unemployment compensation program instituted in the United States. The history surrounding these unique programs as well as provisions and concepts involving all three programs will be discussed. The research will include brief instructions on how to file a

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    macroeconomic relationship posting a negative relationship between unemployment and inflation. Specifically, the model posits that when unemployed workers are scarce, employers must compete with one another for the remaining, qualified workers by bidding wages upward, which translates into higher costs, which combined with stronger consumption by a more employed population, generates higher prices. To the contrary, when unemployment is high, perhaps a result of an adverse shock to the economy, demand

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