Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:Unemployment
Rate
Year
Labor Force
2000
142,583,000
4.0
2001
143,734,000
4.7
2002
144,863,000
5.8
2003
14,6510,000
6.0
2004
149,401,000
5.5
2005
149,320,000
5.1
2006
151,428,000
4.6
2007
153,124,000
4.6
2008
154,287,000
5.8
2009
154,142,000
9.3
2010
153,889,000
9.6
2011
153,617,000
8.5
2012
154,995,000
7.9
2013
155,389,000
6.7
2014
155,922,000
6.2
2015
157,130,000
5.3
2016
159,187,000
4.9
2017
160,320,000
4.4
2018
162,075.000
3.9
2019
163,539.000
3.7
Instructions: In part a, round your response to one decimal place. In part b, enter your response as a whole number
a. What was the unemployment rate in 2019?
3.7
b. How many more jobs were needed to bring the unemployment rate down to 3 percent?
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