Assume that you have the following information about an economy:
- Population over the age of 16: 249.7 Million
-Labor Force: 157.2 Million
-Not in the Labor Force: 92.5 Million
- Employed: 148.2 Million
- Unemployed: 9.0
A) What is the unemployment rate of this economy?
B) What is the labor force participation rate?
C) Suppose that 1 million currently unemployed workers decide to no longer actively look for work.What is the unemployment rate of the economy now?
D) What is the new labor force participation rate?