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Suppose the following data describe a nation's population: Population Labor force Unemployed Year 2: Year 1 25 million 14 million 0.5 million Instructions: Round your responses to two decimal places. a. What is the unemployment rate in each year? Year 1:1 % Year 2 26 million 14.5 million 0.5 million b. Between Year 1 and Year 2, i. the number of unemployed persons [did not change ii. the unemployment rate [decreased

Suppose the following data describe a nation's population: Population Labor force Unemployed Year 2: Year 1 25 million 14 million 0.5 million Instructions: Round your responses to two decimal places. a. What is the unemployment rate in each year? Year 1:1 % Year 2 26 million 14.5 million 0.5 million b. Between Year 1 and Year 2, i. the number of unemployed persons [did not change ii. the unemployment rate [decreased

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