Suppose the official unemployment rate is 10 percent. We can conclude without question that:

a. one of every 10 people in the civilian labor force is currently unemployed.
b. the same 10 percent of the people in the economy were out of work for the entire year.
c. every person in the civilian labor force was out of work for 10 percent of the year.
d. the same 10 percent of the people in the civilian labor force were out of work for the entire year.


a

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