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Inflation, Unemployment & Poverty

Inflation, Unemployment & Poverty. Unemployment Rate. Zero unemployment is impossible Normal unemployment rate is 4-6 %. Types of Unemployment. Frictional - take time to find a job Example- graduated 3 months ago and looking for the right job

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Inflation, Unemployment & Poverty

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  1. Inflation, Unemployment & Poverty

  2. Unemployment Rate • Zero unemployment is impossible • Normal unemployment rate is 4-6 %.

  3. Types of Unemployment • Frictional- take time to find a job Example- graduated 3 months ago and looking for the right job • Structural- worker’s skills don’t match the needs Example- drop out of school so you don’t have the skills to match the job You were a secretary and they replaced you with automated technology.

  4. Seasonal- industry slows down for a season Example- yard mowing in the winter Working at Dollywood in the winter • Cyclical Unemployment- lose job because of economic down turn Example- construction companies losing workers because of the housing market during the recession • Factors outside the economy- Natural disasters, 9/11 terrorist attacks cost the country almost 2 million jobs

  5. Number of people in TN that are unemployed

  6. % of people unemployed in TN

  7. Tennessee Unemployment History

  8. * . Inflation- general rise in prices across the economy

  9. Cost of Living Comparison

  10. Poverty According to the government who is poor? A family is poor if their total income is less than the amount required to satisfy the family’s minimum needs. The Census bureau determines the income level required to meet these needs. This is the poverty threshold.

  11. Causes of Poverty • Shifts in family structure- single parent families have 4 times the poverty rate as married. • Location- inner cities, rural areas • Racial and gender discrimination- poverty rate is twice as high for African Americans and Hispanics. Men make more than women. • Growth of low skilled service jobs- not as many high paying manufacturing jobs for less educated persons • Lack of Education- less education/ less money

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