Unemployment — World unemployment rates[1] as of January 2009[update] Unemployment (or … Wikipedia
Marginal — Incremental. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * marginal mar‧gin‧al [ˈmɑːdʒnl ǁ ˈmɑːr ] adjective 1. a marginal change, increase, fall etc is very small, and not enough to make an important difference: • The country s unemployment rate … Financial and business terms
marginal — Incremental. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * marginal mar‧gin‧al [ˈmɑːdʒnl ǁ ˈmɑːr ] adjective 1. a marginal change, increase, fall etc is very small, and not enough to make an important difference: • The country s unemployment rate… … Financial and business terms
marginal — mar|gin|al [ˈma:dʒınəl US ˈma:r ] adj 1.) a marginal change or difference is too small to be important ▪ a marginal increase in the unemployment figures ▪ a marginal improvement in profits 2.) technical relating to a change in cost, value etc… … Dictionary of contemporary English
marginal — adjective 1 too small to make a difference: a marginal increase in the unemployment figures 2 marginal seat/constituency BrE a seat 1 (5) in a parliament or similar institution, which can be won or lost by a small number of votes 3 marginal land… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Types of unemployment — Economists distinguish between four major types of unemployment, i.e., cyclical, frictional, structural and classical. (Another distinction, not discussed here, is between voluntary and involuntary unemployment.) Real world unemployment may… … Wikipedia
Differences between the Natural Rate of Unemployment and the NAIRU — The Natural Rate of Unemployment (NRU) is the equilibrium level of unemployment to which the economy tends, as defined by Milton Friedman s misperception model of labour markets. This model assumes that, in the long run, labour markets clear (i.e … Wikipedia
marginally — marginal mar‧gin‧al [ˈmɑːdʒnl ǁ ˈmɑːr ] adjective 1. a marginal change, increase, fall etc is very small, and not enough to make an important difference: • The country s unemployment rate declined to 7.5% in June from 7.6% in May, as a result… … Financial and business terms
Labour economics — seeks to understand the functioning of the market and dynamics for labour. Labour markets function through the interaction of workers and employers. Labour economics looks at the suppliers of labour services (workers), the demanders of labour… … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium