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Foreign unemployment fall cuts jobless rate Published on: 10 Apr 2015 09:23 CET Facebook Twitter Google+ reddit Switzerland's official jobless rate fell in March to 3.4 percent from 3.5 percent in the previous month, driven by a drop in foreign unemployment, according to government figures released on Friday. The decline marks the first time since June 2014 that the rate has fallen in a further indication that the Swiss economy is so far weathering the rise in the value of the franc, which forecasters have said will cut growth this year. The percentage of foreigners registered as out of work tumbled to 6.7 percent from seven percent, while the rate for Swiss citizens remained unchanged at 2.3 percent, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said in its monthly report. The number of unemployed registered in regional job placement offices in March dipped by 4,813 from the previous month to 145,108, Seco said. But the jobless rate last month remained above the 3.3 percent level in March 2014. The rate declined or remained the same in all 26 cantons with the canton of Valais recording the biggest fall, from to 4.6 percent from 5.4 percent. Neuchâtel registered the highest rate (5.7 percent, down from 5.8 percent), just ahead of Geneva (5.6 percent, unchanged). Obwalden had the lowest rate at one percent, down from 1.1 percent. Unemployment in Zurich, Switzerland's largest job market, remained unchanged at 3.6 percent. The impact of the strong franc may not have yet affected the Swiss job market but observers believe that unless the currency weakens, jobs cuts can be expected. In January, the Swiss National Bank abandoned a policy of maintaining a euro floor of 1.20 francs and foreign exchange traders immediately bid up the value of the franc. On Friday, with uncertainty about Greece's finances lingering, the euro was trading at around 1.04 francs, making life difficult for Swiss exporters selling products into the eurozone, the biggest ma

India's economic growth has exceeded expectations. India's GDP increase by 7.4% which was more than expected. The manufacturing sector that needed to improve grew by 9.4% which helped increase the country's GDP. Trade, hotels and transport, broadcasting, and professional services sectors all saw increases. India's economic growth and increasing GDP shows that the country's economy is getting stronger.

It is estimated that the Indian economy will grow between 8.1% and 8.5% in the 2016 financial year. Trade, hotels and transport & communication and services related to broadcasting, financial, insurance, real estate and professional services and manufacturing have registered growth over 7%. It indicates that although India majorly focuses on primary and secondary industries such as agriculture and manufacturing , the tertiary industries such as the services industry have been largely boosting the economic development in India.

Youth unemployment hit a 33-year high in June, according to the latest data from the Italian national statistics office, signaling the troubled country and the wider eurozone area could be on the verge of economic collapse. It's the disappointing unemployment rate that indicates the economic collapse would be imminent.

This article, published on November 20, 2015, describes how fracking companies in the United States are progressing in the business cycle. In the author's opinion, business growth for these firms is slowing down, indicating an approach to recession.

From this week's reading we learned that aggregate demands boost jobs because produce will need to be increased in order to meet these demands, however this article shows that aggregate demand is high yet job rate is low, so it could maybe be used to battle the accuracy of the Keynesian model economics. One of the reason why they feel aggregate demand is not a good indicator because it doesn't include even the smallest industries like those that make pencils.

Iran moves up 6 ranks in Human Development Index in a single year: UNDP TEHRAN - According to the 2015 Human Development Report (HDR), the Islamic Republic of Iran's Human Development Index (HDI) value for 2014 is currently 0.766.

The article treats about the sudden improvement of the Iran's HDI in the year 2015, which is one of the highest increases for any country in the world, past 8 years.