Unemployment Rate
The Disparity in the Unemployment Rate in the United States
A recent article in the Sun Journal by Margaret Fisher (2012) has raised some serious questions as to the true state of the economy. While statistics from the department of labor assert the unemployment rate has dropped, giving the impression that the economy is in a recovery mode, Fisher maintains that this is misleading due to the fact that many people have stopped looking for jobs. When people stop looking for work and drop out of the system the unemployment rate goes down.
Currently the unemployment rate in the state of North Carolina is 1.3% lower than last year and has been steady or decreasing over the same period when it was 10.6%. By comparison the national rate has consistently decreased over the same period from about 8.9% to7.9% today.
Unemployment Rate in North Carolina as Compared to the Nation
North Carolina
National
(Fisher, 2012)
Fisher (2012) asserts that the reason North Carolina's unemployment rate is significantly higher than the national rate is due to its reliance on the manufacturing industry, much of which has been outsourced overseas. The implication for the rest of the country does not bode well. In...
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