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| | Encyclopedia: Unemployment rate |
 | | Unemployment insurance keeps an available supply of workers for the McJobs, while the employers' choice of management techniques (low wages and benefits, few chances for advancement) is made with the existence of unemployment insurance in mind. | | | Unemployment may thus promote labor productivity and profitability. | | | The unemployment rate measures the number of unemployed workers as a proportion of the total civilian labor force, where the latter includes both the unemployed and those with jobs (all those willing and able to work for pay). |
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| | Unemployment jumps to 6% in April; payrolls down 48,000 - May. 2, 2003 |
| | Unemployment jumps to 6% in April; payrolls down 48,000 - May. 2, 2003 | | | Jobless rate surges to cyclical high as employers shed another 48,000 jobs from non-farm payrolls. | | | Consumer spending makes up more than two-thirds of the total economy. |
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http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/02/news/economy/jobs
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| | Unemployment Rate |
| | Unlike the payroll jobs data, which is a coincident indicator of economic activity (it changes direction at the same time as the economy), the unemployment rate is a lagging indicator. | | | A falling unemployment rate also make it more likely that the Fed will increase the Fed Funds rate that is also bearish for the bond market. | | | The bond market views an increase unemployment rate favorably especially when the economy is close to full capacity and the unemployment rate is close to its "natural rate". |
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http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/bci/Unemploymentrate.htm
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| | The Canada-U.S. Unemployment Rate Gap: An Introduction and Overview |
| | In the 1990s, the rise in the unemployment rate in Canada was again accounted for by a rise in unemployment duration (from 18 weeks in 1989 to 24 weeks in 1996), with the incidence of unemployment actually lower in 1996 than 1989 (21 per cent versus 22 per cent). | | | Macredie (1996) produced estimates for the 1976-93 period of the number of unemployed persons in Canada whose only job search method was "looked at ads" in order to obtain information on the magnitude of the contribution of these definitional differences to measured unemployment. | | | From Canada's viewpoint, one of the most important labour market developments in the past 15 years has been the divergence of the Canadian and American unemployment rates after 1981. |
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http://www.csls.ca/journals/cpp0.asp
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| | BuzzCharts: Jerry Bowyer on the Unemployment Rate & Bush on NRO Financial |
| | During the recession of '91, Bill Clinton, by way of a willing media, was able to attack George Herbert Walker Bush using unemployment rates that hovered around 7 percent. | | | The point here is that the nation has historically focused on the unemployment rate when it comes to measuring the health of the jobs market. | | | S ince the president's tax cut was fully implemented last May the unemployment rate has dropped rapidly from 6.3 percent to 5.6 percent today. |
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http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_buzzcharts/bowyer200403050905.asp
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| | LAUS - Concepts and Methodology |
| | Unemployment rates affecting allocation of federal funds to states and local areas are prepared by BLS (U.S. estimates) or by state employment security agencies in accordance with the prescribed BLS methodology, as described above, and subsequently validated by BLS staff. | | | The removal of seasonal variation allows evaluation of the unemployment rates as an indicator of economic change. | | | Examples include reduction of employment involving outdoor activities during winter, large changes in labor force and unemployment levels with the opening and closing of schools, and employment reductions during the automobile model change-over period. |
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http://lmi.state.oh.us/LAUS/LAUS-Concepts.htm
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| | ILO -Unemployment among youth in India - Pravin Visaria - Employment Sector |
| | A decline of the order of 1 percentage point is seen in the rates of unemployment in terms of both usual and current weekly statuses in rural as well as urban areas. | | | The decline in unemployment rates seems surprising in view of the slow growth of employment opportunities in the organised sector, in which the educated seek work. | | | The rates based on current weekly status indicator a decline of one percentage point among both males and females; but the usual status rates have declined by one percentage point or more rural females and urban males. |
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http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/publ/etp36.htm
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| | National unemployment rate hits 6.4% |
| | The unemployment rate rose to 6.4 percent, the highest level in nine years, and the economy lost 30,000 jobs. | | | The Labor Department's report includes data from separate surveys of households and business and government payrolls. | | | Once again failing to live up to politicians' hopes and economists' expectations, the labor market got tougher for job seekers last month. |
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/129515_economy04.html
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| | Odds favor Bush if unemployment rate stays low - Aug. 30, 2004 |
| | Economists and many policy-makers traditionally pay more attention to payroll figures, compiled by the Labor Department in a separate survey of businesses, that show whether companies are adding or subtracting jobs. | | | While most Americans watch the unemployment rate, that's not the most closely watched indicator of the health of the job market for many economists and investors. | | | Incumbent re-elected 71% of the time when unemployment is below 5.6% until the election: report. |
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http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/30/news/economy/election_challenger
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| | While the nation's unemployment rate is psychologically important and can influence such factors as Consumer Confidence, it is a lagging indicator. | | | The benchmark for the sample-based estimate is provided by the BLSÂ’s quarterly unemployment insurance universe count, which is a quarterly count of the number of employees covered by unemployment laws. | | | In terms of annual comparison, the nation's unemployment rate is down from 5.9% in November of 2003. |
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http://www.meyersgroup.com/analysisobjects/unemployment.asp?ProductCategory=NHMR
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| | Failing the Unemployed: A State-by-State Examination of Unemployment Insurance Systems, Press Release, 3/12/02 |
| | The funding comes at a crucial time, because high unemployment rates have historically persisted even after economic recovery is underway," said Wendell Primus, director of income security at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and a co-author of the report. | | | America’s state-by-state patchwork of unemployment benefits systems fails to meet the needs of out-of-work Americans and is in urgent need of repair, especially with the unemployment rate remaining high and expected to rise above 6% and stay there through much of the year. | | | "Unemployment insurance should be a strong, sure lifeline that provides real economic security when workers can’t find jobs," said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. |
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http://www.cbpp.org/3-12-02ui.htm
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| | Unemployment Insurance Primer: Understanding What's At Stake as Congress Reopens Stimulus Package Debate |
| | Unemployment insurance pays temporary cash benefits to workers who have lost jobs through no fault of their own. | | | Helping unemployed workers pay for the health care costs, either by subsidizing the premium costs of their private insurance or by extending Medicaid for low-income workers. | | | The share of unemployed individuals who receive benefits has declined over time and in some instances benefit levels as a percentage of wages also have declined. |
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http://www.urban.org/urlprint.cfm?ID=7489
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| | Unemployment Insurance Issue Guide |
| | Unemployment insurance: Role as a safety net for low-wage workers is limited. | | | Â The unemployment insurance program is financed through state and federal payroll taxes paid by employers. | | | What can be done to make the unemployment insurance program more fair and increase the number of workers who receive unemployment insurance? |
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http://www.epinet.org/Issueguides/unemployment/index.html
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| | CNN.com - U.S. unemployment falls to 5.6 percent - Feb. 1, 2002 |
| | NEW YORK (CNN/Money) -- The nation's unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January as employers reduced payrolls at the slowest pace since before the Sept. 11 attacks, the government said Friday. | | | Consumer spending is key as it fuels two-thirds of the economy. | | | Economists had forecast unemployment would creep up to 5.9 percent and that payrolls would shrink by 50,000 in January. |
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http://europe.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/02/01/economy/index.html
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| | Boston.com / Business / Germany's unemployment rate rises |
| | Boston.com / Business / Germany's unemployment rate rises | | | The head of the labor office, Florian Gerster, said the year-end increase in the raw number of jobless was not as great as in past years and showed that government efforts to improve the work of unemployment offices were paying off. | | | In an attempt to deal with the problem, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has pushed through limited measures aimed at loosening labor market rules and trimming the burden on business of generous welfare state benefits. |
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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/01/08/germanys_unemployment_rate_rises
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| | Unemployment Compensation |
| | The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) imposes a 6.2 percent gross tax rate on the first $7,000 paid annually by covered employers to each employee. | | | Employers in States with programs approved by the Federal Government and with no delinquent Federal loans may credit 5.4 percentage points against the 6.2 percent tax rate, making the minimum net Federal unemployment tax rate 0.8 percent. | | | However, the framework established by the Federal Government requires States to actually pay the level of benefits they determine to be appropriate; in budget terms, unemployment benefits are an entitlement (although the program is financed by a dedicated tax imposed on employers and employees and not by general revenues). |
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http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/unemployment_compensation.shtml
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| | Employment Situation Summary |
| | 8,399 8,303 8,195 8,330 8,143 8,172 8,228 8,184 8,018 8,005 8,066 8,020 8,047 Unemployment rate............... | | | 1,125 1,209 1,175 1,154 1,207 1,223 1,184 1,265 1,217 1,175 1,227 1,188 1,262 Unemployment rate............... | | | 3,968 3,856 3,840 3,877 3,751 3,869 3,786 3,737 3,768 3,761 3,736 3,733 3,733 Unemployment rate............... |
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| | The Manila Times Internet Edition TOP STORIES >Unemployment rate hits 15-month high |
| | Rising debt and deteriorating credit ratings have since forced the government to tighten its belt and try to rein in a budget deficit that widened to a record P211 billion in 2002. | | | ThatÂ’s more than the 12.2-percent rate posted in April, when unemployment usually peaks as new graduates swell the job market. | | | Rising debt and deteriorating credit ratings have since forced the government to tighten its belt and try to rein in a budget deficit that widened to a record P211 billion in 2002." |
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http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2003/sept/17/top_stories/20030917top1.html
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| | Unemployment rate drops as job creation rebounds - Sep. 3, 2004 |
| | The Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank, is now all but certain to raise a key short-term interest rate when its policy-makers meet later this month, in a bid to ward off inflation. | | | NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Job growth rebounded in the United States last month and the unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly, the government reported Friday, in one of the last big employment reports before the November election. | | | CNNfn's Louise Schiavone takes a look at the August jobs report: 144,000 new jobs, unemployment rate at 5.4 percent. |
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http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/03/news/economy/jobless_august
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| | Measuring The Rate of Unemployment |
| | The unemployment rate is found by dividing the total number of unemployed by the labor force. | | | To measure the unemployment rate, the Department of Labor surveys 60,000 homes each month. | | | People are considered employed if they work for pay any time in the week that includes the 12th day of the month, or if they worked unpaid fifteen hours or more in a family-operated business, or if they were temporarily absent from a regular job because of illness, vacation, industrial dispute, or similar reason. |
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http://ingrimayne.saintjoe.edu/econ/Measuring/Unemployment.html
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| | National Employment Law Project |
| | This comprehensive report on Ohio's unemployment program focuses on key reforms to assist low-wage unemployed individuals in Ohio, specifically changing the state’s monetary eligibility requirement and expanding part-time eligibility. | | | Earned but Not Received, Unemployment Benefits for Low-Wage Workers. | | | The report also provides an overview of the positive impact of Ohio's UC program on the state's economy and citizens during the 2001 recession and subsequent job slump. Click here |
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http://www.nelp.org/
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| | CNEWS - Canada: Unemployment rate drops |
| | The unemployment rate fell 1.6 percentage points to 15.0 per cent. | | | Some economists said the numbers will prompt the Bank of Canada to leave interest rates alone when it meets to set rates next month. | | | Private sector growth of 39,000 jobs was offset by the loss of 30,000 public sector jobs; and fewer people entered the job market, Statistics Canada reported Friday. |
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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/08/06/571444-cp.html
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| | The Big Picture: Augmented Unemployment Rate |
| | The regular unemployment rate, a component of the employment report, is calculated by dividing the (seasonally adjusted) number of unemployed by the labor force, which consists of the employed and the unemployed. | | | As with the regular unemployment rate, the components of the augmented unemployment rate can be found in the employment report. | | | The Fed's Humphrey-Hawkins report began including this version of the augmented unemployment rate in February 1999. |
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http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2004/01/augmented_unemp.html
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| | ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report |
| | The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.4 percent during the week ending Dec. 25, an increase of 0.2 percentage point from the prior week. | | | ETA Press Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report | | | Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 26,548, a decrease of 2,323 from the prior week. |
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http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm
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| | South-Western: Increase in the Minimum Wage |
| | While minimum wage increases generally receive substantial public support, economists have generally relied on the above analysis to argue that such legislation will result in an increase in the unemployment rate in low-wage labor markets. | | | Because the cost of hiring an extra worker (the marginal factor cost) exceeds the wage rate, a monopsony firm will hire fewer workers than would be hired in a perfectly competitive labor market. | | | Bartlett argues that if the unemployment rate drops below the NAIRU, the Fed will undertake a contractionary policy; an expansionary policy is adopted by the Fed if the unemployment rate rises above the NAIRU. |
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http://www.swcollege.com/bef/policy_debates/increase_minimum.html
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| | Labor Force & Unemployment Data |
| | "Labor Force Data" includes these detailed items: civilian labor force, employment (the number employed), unemployment (the number unemployed), and the unemployment rate. | | | Monthly and Annual Average Data for Civilian Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment, and Unemployment Rate for 1983 to the present for most areas, 1985 to the present for counties in multi-county MSAs. | | | Try out the user-friendly interactive tools for Unemployment Rates and Labor Force |
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| | The Daily Mississippian - Local unemployment rate below Mississippi average |
| | Local unemployment rates are well below the Mississippi state average and well on par with national level, according to numbers recently released by the Mississippi Employment Security Commission. | | | One of the domestic companies helping curb the unemployment rate is Wal-Mart. | | | It also doesn't help that off-shore companies are hurting much needed domestic businesses." |
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http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/09/05/3f5836ff81b3e
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| | Forbes.com: Update 2: Brazilian Unemployment Rate Falls |
| | The lower unemployment rate is good news for Silva, who has faced heavy criticism for endorsing orthodox monetary policy that uses double-digit interest rates to control inflation. | | | The Brazilian currency, the real, also rose against the dollar amid renewed confidence Brazil is heading on a path to the slow, sustainable growth Silva is seeking. | | | Critics say ordinary Brazilians have yet to benefit from Silva's moves to improve the economy. |
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http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/feeds/ap/2004/11/26/ap1677403.html
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| | BBC NEWS Business US unemployment rate leaps |
| | About 2.6 million jobs have been lost in the sector during the past two years - although booming housebuying and growing retail sales mean service sector employment is holding up. | | | Last month, 30,000 jobs were lost in the US, the bulk of them within the manufacturing sector, the Labor Department said. | | | Economists had predicted that the unemployment rate to rise from 6.1% in May to 6.2% in June. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/3041854.stm
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| | CNN.com - German unemployment hits new high - Feb. 5, 2003 |
| | Most economists polled by Reuters expect the ECB's policy making governing council to keep the central bank's key lending rate steady at 2.75 percent when it next meets on Thursday. | | | The gloomy news will do little to improve Schroeder's standing with the electorate. | | | All external sites will open in a new browser. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/02/05/german.jobs
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page |
| | State and Local Employment •; State and Local Unemployment Rates • State and County Employment and Wages • Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment • Mass Layoffs • Consumer Price Index • Consumer Expenditures • Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities • Wages by Area and Occupation • Create Customized Maps (Unemployment Rates) | | | National Employment •; National Unemployment Rate • State and Local Employment •; State and Local Unemployment Rates • Mass Layoffs • Employment Projections • Job Openings and Labor Turnover • Employment by Occupation • Longitudinal Studies • State and County Employment •; Time Use • Business Employment Dynamics • Employment Research | | | Demographic Characteristics of the Labor Force •; Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment • Consumer Expenditures • Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities • Longitudinal Studies • Time Use |
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| | Working Paper 416 (ResearchIndex) |
| | Abstract: This paper examines the impact of selected labor market changes on the decline in the unemployment rate in the 1990s. | | | The first section provides an overview of aggregate unemployment trends, inflation, and price and wage Phillips curves. | | | The second section examines the effect of demographic changes on the unemployment rate. |
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http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/514546.html
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| | Unemployment Rate - Definition |
| | Lower rates are seen as inflationary due to the upward pressure on salaries; higher rates threaten a decrease in consumer spending. | | | An unemployment rate of about 4% - 6% is considered "healthy". | | | Percentage of employable people actively seeking work, out of the total number of employable people; determined in a monthly survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (website: www.bls.gov). |
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http://www.moneychimp.com/glossary/unemployment_rate.htm
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| | The Morning Sun: State unemployment rate declines 09/20/03 |
| | "The unemployment rate showed some improvement, but the need for job growth is very real," said Human Resources Secretary Jim Garner. | | | Unemployment declined by 3,470 to 18,680, primarily a result of Cessna workers returning to the their jobs after a summer layoff. | | | Employment in the capital city declined by 1,320 jobs, while unemployment rose by 80. |
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http://morningsun.net/stories/092003/reg_20030920046.shtml
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| | Unemployment rate stands at 5.2 per cent |
| | The figures are based on the administrative records of the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC). | | | The registered unemployed stood at 7,406 persons in August 2003, representing an unemployment rate of 5.2 per cent. | | | VALLETTA, Malta (di-ve news)--September 23, 2003 --1500CET-- The number of registered unemployed rose by 640 persons this August when compared to August 2002 and rose by 138 over July, according to the National Statistics Office. |
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http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=106949&pid=null
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| | AusStats : 6202.0 Labour Force, Australia |
| | The male unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 5.2% and the female unemployment rate remained at 5.3%. | | | The number of persons looking for full-time work decreased by 5,400 to 379,400 while the number of persons looking for part-time work increased by 500 to 159,900. | | | The November 2004 trend estimate of 1,965,900 is 34% higher than the November 1994 estimate of 1,464,900. |
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http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/e8ae5488b598839cca25682000131612/9ff2997ae0f762d2ca2568a90013934c!OpenDocument
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| | Workforce Info, Home, -Unemployment Rate |
| | Alaska’s unemployment rate rose four-tenths of a percentage point in November to 7.0 percent. | | | Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon CA Southeast Fairbanks CA Valdez-Cordova CA Wade Hampton CA Wrangell-Petersburg CA Yakutat Borough | | | The increase is typical for this time of year and preliminary numbers suggest that the average monthly unemployment rate in 2004 will be at least slightly lower than in 2003. |
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http://almis.labor.state.ak.us/?PAGEID=67&SUBID=188
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| | Office of Labor Market Information |
| | Offers several products of use to specific customer groups. | | | Whether it's information on jobs, unemployment, wages, industries, or occupations, this site is here to serve you. | | | We are the official source of a wide array of information on Michigan's labor market. |
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http://www.michlmi.org/
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| | unemployment rate Definition |
| | Percentage of the civilian labor force which is unemployed. | | | Give this definition a rating from 1 to 5 (5 being the best)... |
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http://www.investorwords.com/5145/unemployment_rate.html
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| | Aljazeera.Net - Iraqi unemployment reaches 70% |
| | A study by the college of economics at Baghdad University has found that the unemployment rate in Iraq is 70%. | | | The study says the problem of high unemployment is going from bad to worse, with the security situation deterioriating and the reconstruction process faltering. | | | Private employment agencies - a new phenomenon in post-Saddam Iraq - are cropping up across the country and advertising their "services" through the mass media. |
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A66151CB-2105-418B-BFAA-73211A631611.htm
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| | Unemployment Rate |
| | The total jobless rate has remained unchanged since March 2003. | | | Euro-zone unemployment remained stable at 8.9% in November 2004, according to EUROSTAT. |
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http://www.economy.com/dismal/pro/release.asp?r=eur_unemp
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