5. Tracking jobs and hours with the establishment surveyThe following table contains some employment information from the establishment surveys for October 2017 and November 2017. The numbers in thetable are listed in thousands. For example, the number of employed in the table for October 2017 indicates that about 147.2 million people wereemployed at that time.IndustryTotal nonfarm payroll employmentManufacturingConstructionTrade, transportation, and utilitiesTotal nonfarm payroll employmenta nonfarm payroll employeeManufacturingConstructionEmployment(Thousands of workers)October 2017 November 2017147,23412,4896,98827,553Trade, transportation, and utilitiesTrade, transportation, and utilitiesConstructionbyWhich of the industries listed experienced the smallest change in the number of workers from October 2017 to November 2017 in absolute value?Manufacturing147,45012,5197,03027,602Average Weekly HoursOctober 2017 November 201734.540.939.134.734.441.039.034.5Workers in which of the industries listed worked the fewest hours per week on average in November 2017?workers from October 2017 to November 2017. The average weekly hours of

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5. Tracking jobs and hours with the establishment survey The following table contains some employment information from the establishment surveys for October 2017 and November 2017. The numb table are listed in thousands. For example, the number of employed in the table for October 2017 indicates that about 147.2 million people w employed at that time. Industry Total nonfarm payroll employment Manufacturing Construction Trade, transportation, and utilities Employment (Thousands of workers) October 2017 November 2017 147,234 12,489 6,988 27,553 147,450 12,519 7,030 27,602 Average Weekly Hours October 2017 34.4 41.0 39.0 34.5 November 2017 34.5 40.9 39.1 34.7

5. Tracking jobs and hours with the establishment survey The following table contains some employment information from the establishment surveys for October 2017 and November 2017. The numb table are listed in thousands. For example, the number of employed in the table for October 2017 indicates that about 147.2 million people w employed at that time. Industry Total nonfarm payroll employment Manufacturing Construction Trade, transportation, and utilities Employment (Thousands of workers) October 2017 November 2017 147,234 12,489 6,988 27,553 147,450 12,519 7,030 27,602 Average Weekly Hours October 2017 34.4 41.0 39.0 34.5 November 2017 34.5 40.9 39.1 34.7

Principles of Economics 2e

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ISBN:9781947172364

Author:Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro

Publisher:Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro

Chapter21: Unemployment

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 16RQ: Assess whether the following would be counted as unemployed in the Current Employment Statistics...

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