问答题 Write a report of 300-350 words in English, comparing and analyzing the US unemployment rate, GDP and output between June and Dec, 2011. Your writing will be assessed for language, format, structure, content and length. Write your report on the ANSWER SHEET.
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The Relationship Between the US Unemployment Rate and Output
This chart offers us an overall view of the US economy which has undergone dramatical ups and downs during the great crisis which originated exactly from the United States. Before the crisis, the unemployment rate is just about 4%, and the output reaches about 100 billion US dollars, which turns out to be very promising and exciting.
However, this promising situation changes quickly when a huge catastrophe sweeps the whole continent. From 2008, the output of the US decreases dramatically, on the contrary, the unemployment rate climbs at an alarming rate. In 2009, the output gets down to its lowest point while the unemployment rate reaches the highest record which turns out to be a totally disaster for both the America and the world. Besides these obvious figures, we can also get the deeper notion that there is a reverse relationship between the output and the unemployment rate. To be more specific, the unemployment rate increases as the output decreases.
Thanks to the recovery efforts spared by the US government and US people, the economic situation has taken a turn for the better since the end of 2009. In 2011, the economy continues to improve since the output increases steadily and the unemployment rate enjoys a continuous declination. In the end of 2011, the output outstrips the one before the financial crisis, reaching at 102 billion US dollars. At the same time, the unemployment rate gets to its lowest point after the crisis, lingering around 8%. All these figures indicate that the US economy has regained its vitality and growth momentum from this disastrous crisis which has been repeatedly compared to the Great Depression during the 1930s.
Although the output or the GDP has exceeded the pre-crisis one, the unemployment rate still remains high. Also from this chart, we can easily figure that the recovery of the employment is relatively slower than the recovery of the output, as a consequent, the unemployment problem is still an urgent issue hanging over the US government.