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analyze the unemployment rate and inflation from 2000 - 2010 in the US.
discuss the interest rate fluctuations from 2000 - 2010 in the US
Analyze the unemployment rate and inflation from 2000 - 2010 in the US ?
Ans....
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 Year  | 
 Unemployment Rate (December)  | 
 Inflation (Dec. Year-over-Year)  | 
 Analyze Or Reason  | 
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 2000  | 
 3.9%  | 
 3.4%  | 
 NASDAQ HIT RECORD HIGH.  | 
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 2001  | 
 5.7%  | 
 1.6%  | 
 BUSH TAX CUTS. 9/11 ATTACKS  | 
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 2002  | 
 6.0%  | 
 2.4%  | 
 WAR ON TERROR  | 
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 2003  | 
 5.7%  | 
 1.9%  | 
 JGTRRA  | 
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 2004  | 
 5.4%  | 
 3.3%  | 
 EXPANSION.  | 
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 2005  | 
 4.9%  | 
 3.4%  | 
 BANKRUPTCY ABUSE PREVENTION ACT. KATRINA  | 
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 2006  | 
 4.4%  | 
 2.5%  | 
 EXPANSION.  | 
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 2007  | 
 5.0%  | 
 4.1%  | 
 EU BECAME #1 ECONOMY.  | 
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 2008  | 
 7.3%  | 
 0.1%  | 
 MIN. WAGE = $6.55/ HOUR. FINANCIAL CRISIS  | 
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 2009  | 
 9.9%  | 
 2.7%  | 
 ARRA. MIN WAGE $7.25. JOBLESS BENEFITS EXTENDED  | 
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 2010  | 
 9.3%  | 
 1.5%  | 
 OBAMA TAX CUTS.  | 
Discuss the interest rate fluctuations from 2000 - 2010 in the US ?
Ans....
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 2000 in Interest Rate  | 
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 Feb 2  | 
 5.75%  | 
 Raised rates despite stock market decline in March.  | 
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 Mar 21  | 
 6.0%  | 
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 May 16  | 
 6.5%  | 
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 2001  | 
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 Jan 3  | 
 6.0%  | 
 Bush took office.  | 
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 Jan 31  | 
 5.5%  | 
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 Mar 20  | 
 5.0%  | 
 Recession began. Fed lowered rates to fight it.  | 
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 Apr 18  | 
 4.5%  | 
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 May 15  | 
 4.0%  | 
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 Jun 27  | 
 3.75%  | 
 EGTTRA tax rebate enacted.  | 
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 Aug 21  | 
 3.5%  | 
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 Sep 17  | 
 3.0%  | 
 9/11 attacks.  | 
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 Oct 2  | 
 2.5%  | 
 Afghanistan War.  | 
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 Nov 6  | 
 2.0%  | 
 Recession ended.  | 
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 Dec 11  | 
 1.75%  | 
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 2002  | 
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 Nov 6  | 
 1.25%  | 
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 2003  | 
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 Jun 25  | 
 1.00%  | 
 JGTRRA tax cuts enacted.  | 
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 2004  | 
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 Jun 30  | 
 1.25%  | 
 Low rates pushed interest-only loans. Helped cause Subprime Mortgage Crisis.  | 
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 Aug 10  | 
 1.5%  | 
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 Sep 21  | 
 1.75%  | 
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 Nov 10  | 
 2.0%  | 
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 Dec 14  | 
 2.25%  | 
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 2005  | 
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 Feb 2  | 
 2.5%  | 
 Borrowers could not afford mortgages when rates reset in 3rd year.  | 
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 Mar 22  | 
 2.75%  | 
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 May 3  | 
 3.0%  | 
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 Jun 30  | 
 3.25%  | 
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 Aug 9  | 
 3.5%  | 
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 Sep 20  | 
 3.75%  | 
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 Nov 1  | 
 4.0%  | 
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 Dec 13  | 
 4.25%  | 
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 Fed Chair Ben Bernanke (February 2006 - January 2014)  | 
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 2006  | 
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 Jan 31  | 
 4.5%  | 
 Raised to cool housing market bubble. More homeowners default.  | 
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 Mar 28  | 
 4.75%  | 
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 May 10  | 
 5.0%  | 
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 Jun 29  | 
 5.25%  | 
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 2007  | 
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 Sep 18  | 
 4.75%  | 
 Home sales fell.  | 
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 Oct 31  | 
 4.5%  | 
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 Dec 11  | 
 4.25%  | 
 LIBOR rose. Recession began.  | 
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 2008  | 
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 Jan 22  | 
 3.5%  | 
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 Jan 30  | 
 3.0%  | 
 Tax rebate.  | 
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 Mar 18  | 
 2.25%  | 
 Bear Stearns bailout.  | 
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 Apr 30  | 
 2.0%  | 
 Lehman fails. Bank bailout approved. AIG bailout.  | 
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 Oct 8  | 
 1.5%  | 
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 Oct 29  | 
 1.0%  | 
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 Dec 16  | 
 0.25%  | 
 Effectively zero. The lowest fed funds rate possible.  | 
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 The Fed kept the rate at zero between 2008 and 2015. Recession ended in June 2009  | 
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