The unemployment rate can be a good indication of the economy's state. High employment rates show a lack in the growth of the economy and vice versa. Also, high levels of unemployment result in a decrease in general consumption (people have less money to spend as they are searching for jobs) and this will contribute to slow business growth.
What is the national unemployment rate
The Official Unemployment rate (U-3) in US for August 2011 was 9.1.Below are the other unemployment rates in US for August 2011 :U-1 Unemployment rate : 5.4U-2 Unemployment rate : 5.3U-3 Unemployment rate : 9.1U-4 Unemployment rate : 9.7U-5 Unemployment rate : 10.6U-6 Unemployment rate : 16.2
The long-run average unemployment rate around which the short-run unemployment rate fluctuates
The estimated unemployment rate is 8.4% in Italy
6.473 % this is the unemployment rate in fiji
The unemployment rate in India in 1991 was approximately 3.4%.
The Unemployment rate of Pakistan is 15.4%.
Personally, I believe that if you on control unemployment, inflation will automatically fluxuate depending on the unemployment rate . However everyone has their own opinion.
The estimated unemployment rate for Italy is 6.8% (2008).
As of September 2010, the rate of unemployment in Canada is 8.0%
Polynesia has the most unemployment rate.
The unemployment rate in October, 1984 was 7.3 %.