In the morning, New Yorker Tom with was the same in the past, puts on the thick ear shield to go to go to work. This has been his for many years custom, in the New York subway crowded and lets the human be uncomfortable noisily. But recently, the ear shield as if gradually lost the function, in the subway person tails off suddenly. The financial storm brought the American unemployment rate to rise suddenly, it is reported that in January, travelled by the New York subway’s population to drop 2% compared to the same period, is sharp drop which in the recent 5 years appeared for the first time.
Unemployment tide” increasingly fierce
Is following financial crisis “invasion” real economy, various countries “unemployment tide” increasingly fierce.
American Labor Department’s data demonstrated that in January, the American unemployment rate achieves 7.6%, set the record since 1974 new high. Neighboring country Canada climbs to 7.2%, has set the record for 30 years new historical high. Since Pacific Ocean other shore’s Japan has encountered World War II the most serious economic recession, the unemployment rate by the month before last 3.9% climb to 4.4%, big of rise has not seen for nearly more than 40 years institutes.
“Unemployment tide” similarly blew Europe. According to British over-all state statistics Office’s data, British January’s unemployment rate increases to 3.8%, creates for 10 years worst record. Demonstrated according to German Labor Department’s data, in January German unemployment rate already from last December 7.4% climb to 8.3%, about 3.5 million people lose the work. Once was “gold brick four countries” a Russia at the end of January the unemployment rate climbed to 5.8%.
Has joined European Union since 2004, the Eastern European 10 countries once became the European economic development “railway engine”. But receives influence of the financial crisis, the Eastern European country cannot escape by luck. Since January, unemployment rate in Poland from 8.8% rapid rises to 10.5%, 160,000 people in odd-numbered month unemployment has set the record 1991 highest record. The Czechoslovakian unemployment rate reaches 6.8%, Latvia climbs to 8.3%, is for two years new low.
In Latin American, the global financial crisis had finished here similarly consecutively for 5 years fast growth “golden years”. The Brazilian State Statistical Bureau announced said that since Brazil, in January the unemployment rate has appeared 7 years the largest scale rise. Maximum 6 metropolis area’s unemployment rate from last month 6.8% jump rises to 8.2%.
An American unemployed youth sells the apple to maintain the livelihood before the New York Stock Exchange gate.
Fall in the blues vicious circle
Unemployment rate constantly enhanced has attacked people’s confidence seriously, people’s mood became more and more low, this directly manifested unceasingly, in dropped in consumer confidence index.
The American economy consults by official document the meeting the most recent data to demonstrate, US in February consumer confidence index from January 37.4 drop sharply to 25, creates the historical the new low. Consults by official document the meeting consumer research center manager Frank said: “Forecast future, to service situation, employment and profit worries intensifies, further weakened the investor confidence. In brief, not only the consumer thinks that the general economic condition was worse, those who let the human be worried, their anticipated future 6 months, the situation will also be hard to improve.”
On February 26, the EU commission issued the monthly report indicated that the Eurozone 16 country February’s economical booming index drops to 65.4, since has been in 1985 has the record lowest level. And, in February the consumer confidence index once more slides, by January – 31 drop to – 33. In Eurozone biggest member nation Germany, the industry, consumer and retail department confidence index appears slides. In France, February’s consumer confidence index drops to – 43.
What is more fearful, constant rise and the people the unemployment to the unceasing drop of future confidence, mean that the people will reduce the life expenditure, this will cause the enterprise production the commodity unable to sell, the stock in goods are getting more and more, enterprise’s profit continuously drops, the time is long, more enterprises either the lay-off reduction expenditure, or direct going out of business, this has caused more person unemployments. From this had economical vicious circle, the crisis will intensify further.
The French regional hundreds of thousands of heavyhearted workers on January 29 stepped onto the street protest demonstration, strongly requested President Sarkozy to take the measure to deal with day by day the serious financial crisis.
Solution employment road where
Who saves the unemployed? The world is facing a comprehensive and profound crisis, but this crisis is also testing the people from various circles psychology and will.
Follows the loose monetary policy, all governments is adopting the proactive fiscal policy in abundance, through the amount huge economic stimulus plan, the expansion of domestic demand, draws the employment. On February 12, American Senate House of Representatives planned to reach the compromise opinion on 789 billion US dollars economic stimuli. On 13th, Australian Senate adopted the total amount is 28 billion US dollars economic stimulus plans. Same day, the Bundestag adopted the government total amount is the 50 billion US dollars second set of economic stimulus plans. Japan will also draw up the Taiwan scale over 1 trillion US dollars economic stimulus plan before April.
In Czechoslovakia, the government recently announced that an item of subsidization unemployment migrant worker returned to homeland the plan. According to the plan, the Czechoslovakian government will disburse money to purchase the one-way plane ticket or the train ticket, and provides 500 euros cashes, the subsidization unemployment guest worker returns to homeland. In Chile, the government has launched “2009 apprentice plans”, to employing the young people’s under the age of 25 enterprise provides the wages subsidy.
But, merely these also by far insufficient. The professionals pointed out that before global unemployment flood tide, the government stimulation economy, increases the employment the measure whether to obtain the remarkable results is still the unknown. The psychologist and sociologists offer the formula for the unemployment public figure, can save itself own only then in the crisis, must maintain the positive optimistic attitude, determines the Coordinate, found the superiority, the development interpersonal relationship network, does not give up looking for the new work any opportunity.
