Unemployment is measured by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics every month and is made up of all those who are actively seeking work in the economy. Unemployment figures do not include those not working and not seeking work as it cannot be reliably determined the nature of why they are not...
And while the unemployment rate is low, frictional unemployment is rising. So, how do you find job security? What’s the difference between job security and job stability? And if you’re an employer, what are ways you can increase job security for your employees? What is job security ...
At the same time, hourly wages continue to grow at a tepid 2.7 percent and real income -- when adjusted for inflation -- is actually falling. What gives? After all, low unemployment is supposed to push wages up because employers face more competition for qualified workers, leading them to...
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"Looking ahead, which would you say is more likely: that in the country as a whole we'll have continuous good times during the next five years or so, or that we will have periods of widespread unemployment or depression, or what?" "About the big things people buy for their homes, suc...
The IRS is scheduled to begin accepting e-filed returns this year onJanuary 23. 2. Extra time to pay taxes you owe If you owe a balance due to the IRS, you may still have a good reason to file your tax return as soon as you can. If you submit your return in the middle of Janu...
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Many of our schools are failing for reasons that have little to do with educa-tion and a lot to do with larger socioeconomic problems such as poverty, unemployment, vio-lence, and, in many families, the belief that educa-tion will not make a difference. We need to fight these conditions...
The SNB sees Swiss GDP growing by around 1% this year, predicting that in this environment, unemployment is likely to continue to rise gradually. We note that leading indicators for growth such as the PMI (figure 4) have been soft while the Swiss unemployment rate has troughed more ...
Cyclical Unemploymentis defined as occurring "when the unemployment rate moves in the opposite direction as the GDP growth rate. So when GDP growth is small (or negative) unemployment is high." When the economy goes into recession and workers are laid off, we havecyclical unemployment. Frictional...