TEUnemployment is an economic indicator that everyone can relate to. The Department of Labor's monthly employment report contains detailed data on unemployment. The civilian unemployment rate is the fraction of people over age 16 who are looking for work but cannot find a job. People who are not looking for work are not considered to be unemployed. The measure comes from a Labor Department survey of 60,000 households.The unemployment rate is meaningful to politicians because it receives wide publicity and it can trigger voter anxiety about the health of the economy. It is a very important indicator of the economy's health because it clearly reflects how well the nation is using its human resources.*******************************************************S & P 500S&P 500 or Standard and Poor's 500 composite Stock Price Index is an index that keeps track of 500 major companies, whose stocks circulate all three stock markets in the United States. 457 companies of this index are on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), 37 are on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations index (NASDAQ), and 6 are on American Stock Exchange Index. The S&P 500 was introduced in the 1920 and originally had only 90 companies. In 1957 the S&P 500 got it's "500".By looking at the S&P 500 we see how the nation's 500 major companies are doing compared to how they were doing before. Having this information we can know how business is going and consequently - how frequently stocks are being exchanged.Following are 2 graphs of the S&P 500 Index.#######################################################HOW IS OUR ECONOMY DOING?Having some of the many economic indicators we can try to conclude how well or how poorly our economy is doing. We can't just say it's doing well based on one indicator however. We have to look for at least a few indicators to form any kind of a conclusion.The President of the United States Bill Clinton made a brief report on the econom...
