The unemployment rate for January 2013 was 7.9%, in December it was 7.8%, this appears to be a deterioration; however, it is usual for unemployment to increase in January as seasonal jobs disappear. Looking at the rate in January 2012 it was 8.3% a Continue Reading...
Undoubtedly, France, much like Greece will need a bailout if it escalates to that point. The ECB has also elected to provide unlimited 3-year loans to risky nations. This in essense, takes liquidity risk off the table in regards to investor concern Continue Reading...
This also implies inadequacies in fiscal sustainability, which influences investments in private sectors. The second channel happens through the level, composition and quality involved within the public investment, which shows the level at which th Continue Reading...
Nigeria: Economic and Human Health Lending Institutions, Healthcare, and Human Capital Nigeria is the largest country in Africa and is home to 47% of the continent's population (World Bank, 2013). Nigeria is the largest oil exporter and holds the m Continue Reading...
Basics of Economic Development Plan Considering Czechoslovakia has a well-educated population and great wi-fi infrastructure, it has an opportunity to develop its knowledge-based service sector. With its well-educated population and various cultur Continue Reading...
As a result of the draft, the unemployment rates which had been at record low levels, was able to right itself. Once again, the U.S.'s industry-based economy was able to flourish with new needs to produce and manufacture goods and products to be use Continue Reading...
U.S. Economy The May 2007 economy presented a rosy picture: the lowest unemployment rate of the Bush Administration 4.4% (Bureau of Labor Statistics.gov. 2012. PP. 1), the peak of housing values, strong GDP growth of 3.6% (Trading Economics.com. 201 Continue Reading...
The measurement error may come from any number of omitted variables. Researchers also found that when the dependent variable is relative exports, productivity shows slightly better results than unit labor costs, but the reverse is the case when the Continue Reading...
The UK needs to build good economic relationships with emerging markets even more than with its EU neighbors. China is already highly competitive in manufacturing and is gaining competitiveness in high-technology manufacturing. India is a leader in Continue Reading...
Economy Based on the information provided by the St. Louis Fed, the GDP indicators for the U.S. are as follows. The real GDP growth is at 3%. The trend for this indicator is upward, as it has increased steadily over the past four quarters. Real GDP Continue Reading...
Canadian Current Events Magazine Produced by NAME Career Prospects This article describes the growing trend in the corporate world of eliminating performance reviews, which many find to be ineffective and even counterproductive. The article notes Continue Reading...
There are many potential actions that could have been taken to help prevent the closing of GM and the job losses, plant closings, and economic catastrophe that is likely to occur as the once unstoppable giant collapses (Wolff, 2009). The UAW won ab Continue Reading...
Lending Institutions, Health Care, And Human Capital Human Capital, its use and Gender Disparity Gender plays crucial roles in decision-making and resource allocations ideal for economic growth. Mothers' human capital improves child education and h Continue Reading...
U.S. Economy Evaluating the current state of the United States economy Although many are of the opinion that the recession that the globe was forced into in 2008 is finally uplifting and signs of economic revival can be witnessed. The resulting hi Continue Reading...
Opportunity Costs How a college education increases one's human capital It is a universal belief that a more educated workforce leads to an incredible human capital. Therefore, the thought of retaining higher educated graduates is important towards Continue Reading...
academic research on this topic, present a causal argument, identify key variables, operationalize these variables, identify between 2 and 3 research hypotheses, specify and justify the relevant research method to test the given hypotheses, address Continue Reading...
public goods, private goods, common resources, and natural monopolies. Public goods are when there is a focus on providing benefits to someone without them having to offer different forms of compensation. This is because the interests of the commun Continue Reading...
Capital Accumulation In a firm, most of the capital source comes from accumulation. This concept of capital accumulation defines how wealth is generated for the company by adding up amount in cash or other forms of asset into the capital account. Ca Continue Reading...
Business Cycle Analysis Overview- From the end of World War II to the early 1970s, China was relatively isolated from the global landscape. It was a part of the Soviet Communist Bloc, but remained inwardly focused on improving its own infrastructure Continue Reading...
Industrialization in America The process of industrialization can be categorized as the first step towards a social and economic transformation which affected the whole world in ways beyond comprehension. In a nutshell, the world we live in today wa Continue Reading...
What kind of regional and international cooperation is needed to respond to emigration pressures in many low and medium income countries within EU? In addition to the existing EU standards on migration, what other measures could be taken at the nati Continue Reading...
Utility Marginality There are two main ways to increase the productivity of a labor force. Productivity is the amount of work that a workforce does -- the output per unit of labor (Riley, 2013). One way is to lower the denominator, which is to say h Continue Reading...
countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China South Africa, Mexico, Nigeria Turkey identify critically evaluate key economic, political technological factors conditions enabled a 'Rapidly Developing Economy' 'Emerging Economy'. Mexico as a rapidly deve Continue Reading...
free markets perspective, examine the ethics and morality of 'let capitalism rip' allegation made by British Prime Minister David Cameron. (Guide: 750 words) The competence or incompetence of free markets and the implications of resource allotment Continue Reading...
Unemployment in the Recent Recession: A Comparison of Cyclical and Marxian Theories The recent (or ongoing) recession has affected the entire globe, though some countries have been harder hit than others. In the United States, unemployment hit highe Continue Reading...
If you were a Peace Corps worker advising the government, what would your advice be? Increase educational initiatives to the rural poor; increase investments in technology and infrastructure, and target national companies, rather than focusing on Continue Reading...
Generic drug makers therefore are competing in the market according to the skills in which they specialize. They specialize in efficient production and distribution of drugs, rather than in developing new drugs. A generic drug maker can go out of b Continue Reading...
Thirdly, health care costs were rising. "The number of people without any health insurance climbed to 15.9% in 2005 from 14.2% in 2000, and the share of people with employer-provided health insurance dropped to 59.5% from 63.6% over the same period Continue Reading...
Large scale restructuring has taken place in major urban centers of the worldthat included London, Singapore, San Francisco, Vancouver, and may more. 'Inner city' assumes much importance in the regional economics as the impact of globalization and r Continue Reading...
To increase effective demand, Keynesians believe the government must balance the economy with deficit and increase expenditure. However, the constant alternation between booms and recession is causing the booms to get shorter while the recessions be Continue Reading...
Asian Godfathers There has always been opportunity for the astute to accomplish what is known as asset farming, and the variants are as broad as domestic or native conditions provide (Studwell, 2007). The British in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapor Continue Reading...
benefit-Costs of pursuing an MBA Even though each of us has his/her own perspective of happiness and sense of life, we all agree that the integral part of these are the financial stability complemented by personal professional success. That is why w Continue Reading...
Unemployment Rate The Disparity in the Unemployment Rate in the United States A recent article in the Sun Journal by Margaret Fisher (2012) has raised some serious questions as to the true state of the economy. While statistics from the department Continue Reading...
b. increase production of capital goods and reduce consumption. c. increase production of capital goods and increase consumption. d. decrease current consumption and reduce production of capital goods. A 32. If an economy is producing ineff Continue Reading...
November 13, 2010); Ireland is facing severe headwinds for future growth. The depression of the real estate market and the decline in the availability of capital stock for investment through the banking system is of primary concern to policy makers. Continue Reading...
consumer demand as one of the essentials of economics. Shiller's explanation of consumer demand is centered on providing reasons for the tendency of demand curves to flow downward, explaining price elasticity of demand measures, and showing the rela Continue Reading...
China and the Economy Chinese Enterprise therefore is needed to better facilitate growth in China. In regards to China, private enterprise growth has lagged substantially behind that of State owned enterprises (SOE). Private enterprise, particularly Continue Reading...
World Trade Organization (WTO)) can facilitate trading opportunities of your two chosen countries The WTO through the GATT tries to help nations continue trade. This is done through 'The Doha Round' where the latest round of trade negotiations that Continue Reading...
New Deal Philosophy and economy of new Deal The government of the United States became greatly involved in economic issues after the stock market had crashed in 1929. This crash visited most serious economic dislocation on America's economy. It las Continue Reading...
Economy, Monetary Policy and Monopolies The benchmark interest rate currently stands at 0.25% compared to 0.2500 that was registered in January 2011 (Trading economics, 2012). Meanwhile, the annual inflation has remained unchanged at 1.7% in June 20 Continue Reading...
