Lecture 9
Macroeconomics
Quiz
Name two companies in
the DJIA.
Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA
30 leading companies
Finance
Time
Risk
Finance
Time - t or n
Risk - r or i
Foundation Finance
Formula
(1 + r )
n
r = risk rate
n = time periods
FutureValue?
Future Value = Amount Today x Factor
Factor is the Growth Formula
(1 + r )
n
r = rate
n = time periods
FutureValue?
(1 + r )
n
r = 10% or 0.10
n = 5 years
(1 + 0.10)5
(1.10)5
1.61
FutureValue?
Amount Today x Factor = Future Value
$100 x 1.61 = $161
Future Value is compounding
Future Value is multiplying
PresentValue?
Future Amount ÷ Factor = Present Value
$100 ÷ 1.61 = $62.11
Present Value is discounting
Present Value is dividing
Finance
Unknown - Present Value or Future Value?
Must know rate and number of periods
Compute Factor with formula
(1+r)n
If FV multiply
If PV divide
Present Future
x Factor ?
÷ Factor ?
Factor Formula = (1 + r )
n
Chapter 11
Unemployment
What kind of
unemployment
is caused by
smartphones?
Unemployment
Who measures it?
How is it measured?
Unemployment Rate
Labor Force
Participation Rate
Rate are Ratios
Who Measures?
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Two Surveys
The Current Population Survey (CPS) "household
survey" Sample of 60,000 households.
The Current Employment Statistics Survey (CES):
"payroll survey" sample of 160,000 businesses and
government agencies that represent 400,000 individual
employees.
Adults 16+
Everybody 320 100%
16+ 254 80%
Under 16 66 20%
Adult Category
16+ 254 100%
Not in
Labor Force
94 37%
In
Labor Force
160 63%
Not in Labor Force
not employed
discouraged workers
full-time student
homemaker
military
retiree
Discouraged Worker
Discouraged Worker
People who would like
to work but have given
up looking for a job
Labor Force
Adults 16+ who have jobs
or are looking for jobs.
Employed + Unemployed
Labor Force
Participation Rate
The percent of the Adult
Population that is in the
Labor Force
1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Year
0N
1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Year
0
20
40
60
Shareofthecivilianlaborforce(%)
Men
Women
Labor Force
Total 160 100%
Employed 152.3 95.2%
Unemployed 7.7 4.8%
Employed
paid employees
work in own business
unpaid workers in family business
full-time and part-time
jobs but temporary absence
Unemployed
not employed
available
tried to find a job in the last
four weeks
waiting to be recalled from
layoff
Unemployment Rate
Unemployed
÷
Labor Force
16+
79%
Under 16
21%
U.S Population
millions %
Under 16 66 21%
16+ 254 79%
Total 320 100%
Unemployed 7.7 million
3%
Employed 152.3 million
60%
Not in Labor Force 94 million
37%
Adult Population
Unemployed 7.7 million
5%
Employed 152.3 million
95%
Labor Force
millions
%
Population
%
Adults
% Labor
Force
Population 320 100%
Age under 16 66 20%
Age 16+ 254 80% 100%
Not in Labor Force 94 30% 37%
In Labor Force 160 50% 63% 100%
Employed 152.3 47.6% 60% 95.2%
Unemployed 7.7 2.4% 3% 4.8%
Problems
Overstate - Above actual
Cash workers
Understate - Below actual
Discouraged workers

Macro 9