If the unemployment rate is 8 percent, this means:
a. 8 percent of the population is unemployed

b. 8 percent of the population over age 16 is unemployed.
c. 8 percent of the labor force is unemployed.
d. the number of unemployed persons equals 8 percent of the employed persons.


c

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