2. Unemployment and Inflation (Chapter 9) Working-age population Employment Unemployment Unemployment rate Labor force Labor force participation rate 65.5% 235,900 9.4% 2.1 Fill in the missing values in the table of data collected in the household survey for in the December, 1996. The working-age population, employment, unemployment, and labor force are measured thousands. Show your work. 2.2 Explain what economists mean by full employment and why this rate of unemployment is not zero.

2. Unemployment and Inflation (Chapter 9) Working-age population Employment Unemployment Unemployment rate Labor force Labor force participation rate 65.5% 235,900 9.4% 2.1 Fill in the missing values in the table of data collected in the household survey for in the December, 1996. The working-age population, employment, unemployment, and labor force are measured thousands. Show your work. 2.2 Explain what economists mean by full employment and why this rate of unemployment is not zero.

Principles of Economics 2e

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Chapter21: Unemployment

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 11RQ: If you an? out of school but working part time, are you considered employed or unemployed in U.S....

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