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    Inquisitively, the official unemployment rate stayed unaltered at 5.1%, recommending that around 95% of individuals really have occupations. Be that as it may, as we've more than once called attention to, that number has been totally skewed throughout the most recent two decades as it neglects to represent individuals who have quit searching for work (in light of the fact that there are no genuine occupations accessible). As indicated by John Williams of Shadow Stats, if we somehow managed to

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    Introduction The rising unemployment has generated challenges in low income communities. Unemployment involves a situation where people in a particular community are actively seeking employment but the employment rates are low. The increased rates of unemployment are contributed to by factors such as recession periods that adversely affects the economy. Impacts on the economy in turn affect the labor force leading to loss of employment and reducing the rates of employment opportunities in the country

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    There are different factors that are responsible for causing the unemployment to rise or to drop. These can be included as some of the causes of unemployment in a country. In this case I am referring to the types of unemployment, that explain some of the most important factors that lead to the unemployment in a nation. When people are unemployed and in the search of new jobs they usually look for the job that better match with them; in other words, the job that best relate with their abilities, knowledge

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    Unemployment is far more vital to the economy and plays a huge role in keeping our economic system revolving across the United States. The percentage of unemployed workers in the labor force as a whole distinguishes what the national unemployment represents. Unemployment is predominantly brought to the attention of the public when the economy is in distress and is widely debated between economists trying to dispute their apprehensions. Disconcerting issues consist of those who are unemployed losing

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    In the United States, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively searching for employment as a fraction of the labor force. While things seem to be looking up for the economy with lower gas prices and grocery bills are decreasing, unemployment still seems the plague the country. Only 63 percent of working-age Americans have a job or are actively looking for one -- the lowest share of the population participating in the labor force since 1978. (The population of working-age Americans

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    in Canadian Unemployment It seems that all the young adults are going to school and can not find a job in their field, or a job at all. Unemployment is something that occurs to a person who is actively looking for a form of employment but yet can not find it. The unemployment rate in Canada means that the economy isn’t booming like other countries or like the previous years in Canada. There’s a difference between Canada’s unemployment rate and Canada’s Social Assistance. Unemployment is people who

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    Written by Paul Krugman and Robin Wells, Macroeconomics states, “In general, the unemployment rate is a good indicator of how easy or difficult it is to find a job given the current state of the economy” (Krugman and Wells 219). A New York Times article, Strong Unemployment News Bolsters Case for Fed to Raise Rates written by Reuters, talks about how unemployment rate benefits are holding steady with a steady labor market and how job openings are rising, which is encouraging the Federal Reserve

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    social analysis to further analyze the issue of youth unemployment. After having a group discussion we have come to a conclusion that this model will allow us to get a deep understanding of the impact that social institutions have on our dominant ideologies and how they are framed through the influence of different institutions. Youth unemployment is an extremely important issue in today’s society and time because over the past decade, youth unemployment has been rapidly increasing and is starting to become

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    school diploma or GED make up a quarter month 2014 to date” (Bolen). Unemployment is the one of the biggest poverty problems in America. But what is unemployment? Unemployment is described as when people are looking for job within the past four weeks and can’t find work, however, it can also mean an economic condition that is marked by the fact that individuals actively seeking jobs remain unhired (Unemployment Definition). Unemployment affects the United States economic system, and the society in this

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    face of higher energy and fuel prices along with a decrease in demand with retail sales for June 2013, as people have lower business confidence, means that they have less disposable income. This demand deficient was a main part of the cyclical unemployment problems experienced before this decade. (William Schomberg and Christine Murray 2013) The sudden decrease in the value of property and the demand for it due to credit crunch has seen a significant number of construction companies and buildings

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