One of the alarm signals of a bad economy is a high unemployment
rate. The unemployment rate of a nation is used to gauge its
development. Thus, when the unemployment rate of a nation is high, the
international perception for that particular nation becomes greatly
affected, causing investors to stay away. Naturally, when there are few
investors banking on a nation, that nation will suffer from a financial
crisis, resulting in a bad economy. Other factors that can damage a
nation’s economy include high inflation rates, volatile markets,
terrorist attacks, threats of civil or world war, and many others.
The usual reaction of people when they find out that the economy is
bad is to panic. This is understandable considering the role of
economics in determining their financial future. Many things are at
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