UNEMPOYMENT AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA

UNEMPOYMENT AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA ( Economics Project Topics)

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1           BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY:

Undoubtedly, parts of the macroeconomic goals which the government strives to achieve are the maintenance of stable domestic price level and full-employment. Macroeconomic performance is judged by three broad measures- unemployment rate, inflation rate, and the growth rate of output (Ugwuanyi, 2004).

Unemployment has been categorized as one of the serious impediments to social progress. Apart from representing an enormous

waste of a country‟s manpower resources, it generates welfare loss in

terms of lower output thereby leading to lower income and well-being (Raheem, 1993).

Inflation on the other hand, has been a major problem in the country over the years. Inflation is a household word in many market oriented economies. Although several people, producers, consumers, professionals, non-professionals, trade unionists, workers and the likes, talk frequently about inflation particularly if the situation has assumed….

UNEMPOYMENT AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA ( Economics Project Topics)