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Few economic indicators are of more concern to Americans than unemployment statistics. Reports that unemployment rates are dropping make us happy; reports to the contrary make us anxious. But just what do unemployment figures tell us? Are they reliable measures? What influences joblessness? Each month, the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics randomly surveys sixty thousand individuals
When jobs disappearThe world economy faces the biggest rise in unemployment in decades. How governments react will shape labour markets for years to come
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The U.S. Youth Unemployment Rate - The United States Youth Chamber of Commerce; "Although the recession ended in the summer of 2009, youth unemployment remains near its cyclical peak…What keeps the numbers from being even higher is that many teens have simply given up. Some are sitting on couches. Others are in school, which can be a dead end itself. The percentage of American 16- to 19-year-olds
The United States must cooperate with public and private partners to tackle this vital issue. Last week, Secretary Kerry made his first speech as Secretary of State at the University of Virginia where he spoke about the importance of our foreign policy, especially for young people. He said “In countries across North Africa and the Middle East, the majority of people are younger than 30 years old.
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The link between video games and unemploymentAs people struggle to find decent jobs, video games fill the void By R.A. | WASHINGTON IN 2016 the video-gaming industry racked up sales of about $100bn, making it one of the world’s largest entertainment industries. The games on offer run the gamut from time-wasting smartphone apps to immersive fantasy worlds in which players can get lost for days or w
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This is the old Noahpinion archive. Noahpinion continues at noahpinion.substack.com Tyler Cowen, Karl Smith, Scott Sumner, and Matt Yglesias raise a question about the Japanese economy: Why is Japan's unemployment rate so low (<5%) when Japan's growth has been so low for so long? This is not a puzzle to me. I actually know not one, but two or even three good answers to this question. Answer 1: Man
Eurostat - Euro area unemployment up to 9.6% in August 2009 (PDF)
139/2009 - 1 October 2009 August 2009 Euro area unemployment up to 9.6% EU27 up to 9.1% The euro area1 (EA16) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate2 was 9.6% in August 2009, compared with 9.5% in July3. It was 7.6% in August 2008. The EU271 unemployment rate was 9.1% in August 2009, compared with 9.0% in July3. It was 7.0% in August 2008. For the euro area this is the highest rate since March 1
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By request ... Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows the unemployment rate by four level of education. And here is a graphic from the BLS based on 2008 data: Education pays ... Note that the unemployment rate has risen sharply for all categories in 2009. For "less than a high school diploma" the rate has increased from 9% in 2009 to almost 16% in May. Education matters!
A ‘misclassification error’ made the May unemployment rate look better than it is. Here’s what happened.
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Eurostat - Euro area unemployment up to 9.4% in June 2009 (PDF)
112/2009 - 31 July 2009 June 2009 Euro area unemployment up to 9.4% EU27 up to 8.9% The euro area1 (EA16) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate2 was 9.4% in June 2009, compared with 9.3% in May3. It was 7.5% in June 2008. The EU271 unemployment rate was 8.9% in June 2009, compared with 8.8% in May3. It was 6.9% in June 2008. For the euro area this is the highest rate since June 1999 and for the
Unemployment - Wikipedia
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15)[2] not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the reference period.[3] Unemployment is measured by the unemployment rate, which is the number of people who are unemployed as a percentage of the labour force (the tota
Unemployment Measures; Job Losses (%) Post-WWII Recessions - The Big Picture
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Applicants line up at a booth offering vocational services at a career fair held as part of the National Urban League's Economic Empowerment Tour in Dallas, Texas June 13, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate is likely rise from already high levels to 10 percent in the next couple of months, a White House spokesman said on Monday. “I think the president h
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Greg Mankiw's Blog: Unemployment Benefits around the World
As I was doing some background research for a textbook update, I stumbled upon a NY Times article from a few months back comparing U.S. and European labor policies. The above graph from the article is striking. About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use this blog to keep in touch with my current and former student
Why does low unemployment no longer lift inflation?The Phillips curve, the logic of which guides central banks today, has become oddly flat EVERY NIGHT at about 10pm the lights of the prisoner-of-war camp in Indonesia would mysteriously dim, to the puzzlement of the Japanese guards. They failed to spot the makeshift immersion heaters, used to brew cups of tea for the inmates, that had been cobbled
Employment Report: 539K Jobs Lost, 8.9% Unemployment Rate
In Depth Analysis: CalculatedRisk Newsletter on Real Estate (Ad Free) Read it here. From the BLS: Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in April (-539,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 8.5 to 8.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.7 million jobs have been lost. In April, job losses
San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast as tech companies embrace remote work and unemployment rises
The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco fell 11.8% year over year in June, following a 9% year-over-year drop in May. Tech companies like Twitter and Facebook are embracing remote work on a long-term basis, leading some tech workers to leave the city as they will no longer need to commute to an office.Rising unemployment thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown may als
Snowflake MATCH_RECOGNIZE to find States with decreasing Unemployment – Snowflake Recipes
Snowflake MATCH_RECOGNIZE to find States with decreasing Unemployment Introduction I recently shared few MATCH_RECOGNIZE recipes here, here and here. Since then I gotten lot of feedback asking to post an applied overview of the MATCH_RECOGNIZE query syntax. To demonstrate the power of MATCH_RECOGNIZE I will use the Unemployment by State data set from BLS for this purpose. Use of this dataset was i
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The Spectator Index on Twitter: "Youth Unemployment Greece: 39% Spain: 37.9% Italy: 32.7% Iran: 29.2% France: 22% Turkey: 20% Sweden: 17.2% Poland:… https://t.co/9ioAFiLJsN"
Youth Unemployment Greece: 39% Spain: 37.9% Italy: 32.7% Iran: 29.2% France: 22% Turkey: 20% Sweden: 17.2% Poland:… https://t.co/9ioAFiLJsN
About Me Name: Greg Mankiw Location: United States I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use this blog to keep in touch with my current and former students. Teachers and students at other schools, as well as others interested in economic issues, are welcome to use this resource. View my complete profile Timeless Words of Wisdom I don't care who writes a nation's
Eurostat - Euro area unemployment up to 9.2% in April 2009(PDF)
79/2009 - 2 June 2009 April 2009 Euro area unemployment up to 9.2% EU27 up to 8.6% The euro area1 (EA16) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate2 was 9.2% in April 2009, compared with 8.9% in March3. It was 7.3% in April 2008. The EU271 unemployment rate was 8.6% in April 2009, compared with 8.4% in March3. It was 6.8% in April 2008. For the euro area this is the highest rate since September 1999
A person who is looking for a full-time job that pays a living wage — but who can't find one — is unemployed. If you accept that definition, the true unemployment rate in the U.S. is a stunning 26.1%, according to an important new dataset shared exclusively with "Axios on HBO." Why it matters: The official unemployment rate is artificially depressed by excluding people who might be earning only a
Economist's View: 'How Much Unemployment Was Caused by Reinhart and Rogoff's Arithmetic Mistake?'
The work of Reinhart and Rogoff was a major reason for the push for austerity at a time when expansionary policy was called for, i.e. their work supported the bad idea that austerity during a recession can actually be stimulative. It isn't as the events in Europe have shown conclusively. To be fair, as I discussed here (in "Austerity Can Wait for Sunnier Days") after watching Reinhart give a talk
An important study that examines the social costs of the 2008 banking crisis and the economic recession it created has just been published. The analysis, carried out by Carlos Nordt and colleagues at the University of Zurich, explored the link between increases in rates of unemployment and suicide. They attribute 45,000 – or one in five – suicides a year worldwide to unemployment, with a further 5
Unemployment in Greece hit a record 25.1% in July, with the level among young people reaching 54.2%, according to the latest official figures. Greece's statistical authority said 1.26 million Greeks were jobless in July, with more than 1,000 jobs lost every day over the past year. With austerity cuts continuing and Greece likely to enter another year of recession, the level may rise further. The w
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