Answer:
The answer is -0.5
Explanation:
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Answer:
(a) 3.7
(b) 3.7
Explanation:
The unemployment rate is calculated as the ration of unemployed workers over the labor force. The labor force is the total number of employed plus unemployed workers:
Then if there were 155 million people in the labor force and 7.4% where unemployed that means that 11.47 million people where unemployed
If unemployment rate would have been 5% we have
That means that 3.72 million fewer unemployed workers. Since Labor Force is the sum of unemployed and employed workers. The reduction in unemployment implies that they were now employed .