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ORDINARY UNEMPLOYMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2002-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Labour and Employment
  • Economic Fluctuations
DEF

cyclical unemployment : Unemployment due to a lack of aggregate demand, i.e. the number of job openings is less than the number of people qualified for those positions.

OBS

Definition provided by Mr. Ian Macredie, Chief of the Labour Force Activity Section, Statistics Canada.

CONT

[Ordinary unemployment] can be created by having too little [consumption + investment + government] aggregate dollar spending and can be reduced by expansionary fiscal and monetary policies that small total spending.

OBS

cyclical unemployment: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Travail et emploi
  • Fluctuations économiques
DEF

Forme de chômage imputable à un niveau insuffisant de la demande globale ou agrégative dans une phase de contraction, de creux et de reprise d'un cycle économique.

CONT

Le chômage conjoncturel est observé lorsque l'économie subit un ralentissement temporaire. La forme la plus courante de chômage conjoncturel se produit lorsque les travailleurs sont mis à pied pour une période déterminée.

OBS

chômage cyclique : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Fluctuaciones económicas
DEF

Paro que se produce como consecuencia de las sucesivas fases de depresión y auge que experimenta la economía en sus procesos de ajuste.

OBS

paro cíclico: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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