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11 You, a grad student in economics, need to calculate the unemployment rate for our region,...

11 You, a grad student in economics, need to calculate the unemployment rate for our region, state and the nation. Which one of the following you will use? You will divide the number of:

  1. Unemployed by the size of the population and multiplying by 100.
  2. Unemployed by the labor force and multiplying by 100.
  3. Unemployed by the percentage of the employed population and multiplying by 100.
  4.   Employed by the labor force and multiplying by 100.
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Option B. Unemployed by the labor force and multiplying by 100.

Explanation: Unemployment rate is the portion of the labor force that is unemployed. Unemployment rate = unemployed/labor force * 100.

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