Unemployment affects every single person on a daily basis, the unemployment rate determines how many people at any given time are looking for but cannot find work. ... On this website they describe the way they got their data and it seems to me to be similar to the methods of forecasting used in econometrics. ... Dev College/TS 4.78 4.87 2.83 7.13 .94 Unemployment 7.54 7.56 3.2 12.7 1.87 Education 2.10 1.88 1.1 4.83 .72 Fortune 500 9.92 4.5 0 57.00 12.75 The unemployment mean was encouraging because that is around what the national average is, which is what my data should tell me. ... While ...

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Women are starting to reach the high unemployment rate that men face. ... Also in 1990, the birth rate rose 10.5 percent from 1980. ... As I further complete my paper, these statistics are frightening to me. They compel me refer back to my analysis question, are women going backwards? ... However presently, "The employment rate for women who maintain families has been high: In April 2003, 8.5 percent were unemployed, a rate that was 6.3 percent in April 2001."" ...

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I was a welfare recipient before the enactment of welfare reform and was determined to use the resources given to me to become a productive member of society. ... The unemployment rate for single mothers had been stuck at around 43% for most of the 1980s and early 1990s. After reform, the rate fell to 28% by 1999. The unemployment rate of never-married mothers fell even faster, from just over half in 1996 to one-third three years later. ... In a rural agricultural county, such as Glenn, the unemployment rate is higher than the national average. ...

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Despite of many aids from both government and communities, the rate of homeless people keeps increasing every year. ... "I experienced the way people looked at me sitting out in front of the shelter and felt that I was invisible to them. ... They made me feel dirty and ashamed.... In the fact, the rate of people having been on the street for years is increasing. ... The increasing rate of homeless people on the street causes unstable lives in local areas. ...

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The United States' unemployment rate is at a devastating high. In July, according to an article from Economist, "the unemployment rate had risen fractionally to 9.2%, both Republicans and Democrats declared the data proof of the folly of the other party's policies. ... To me, this is the epitome of welfare abuse. ...

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This analysis will provide a brief biography about the author, describe the inequalities of income in America, connect what is said to American politics, and conclude how the information in the book affected me personally. ... A major source of inequality in America is the high rate of unemployment. ... A way that the government has tried to decrease unemployment is by tax cuts and the U.S Federal Reserve has tried lowering interest rates to encourage house investments. ...

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Because cash, debit cards, credit cards, and checks can be used by anyone and there is no way for me to distinguish them, I put all of these customers in the same category: lower middle through upper class. ... If institutional racism and white privilege did not exist, the difference between unemployment rates of blacks and whites would be significantly lowered, and more blacks would have jobs. ...

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Roosevelt wanted to do more the NRA was designed to help the workers by keeping higher wage rates and insuring their rights to joining unions. ... So, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror that paralyzes efforts to convert retreat into advance." ...

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